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The heroic Florida girl who bravely fought off an alleged sexual predator throughout her exercise is retaining her head up, and never permitting the violent incident to derail her way of life … even within the gymnasium.
Nashali Alma joined “TMZ Live” Friday to speak in regards to the terrifying second she needed to battle off the man within the gymnasium of her Tampa condominium complicated.
She says he was an excellent 6 inches taller than her, however as we have seen within the video … Nashali gave him all he might deal with. She informed us precisely what she did to fend him off.
She says she has gotten an outpouring of affection and help in the previous couple of days, since cops launched the surveillance footage of the January incident — and all of it has her feeling actually good.
As we reported, Nashali was understanding in her gymnasium when Xavier Thomas-Jones got here to the door and she or he let him in, pondering he forgot his key.
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Minutes later, he charged at her, however the nursing college scholar wound up giving him a significant beatdown … earlier than finally breaking free.
Xavier was arrested the subsequent day and charged with sexual battery and kidnapping.
As for Nashali, she’s staying robust. She tells us, whereas she has a little bit of PTSD from the incident … it isn’t stopping her from hitting the gymnasium and doing what she loves.