British glamour model Carla Howe has claimed she was sexually assaulted while recovering from cosmetic surgery in a Turkish hospital.
The 35-year-old influencer had her eyes bandaged following a fox eye lift procedure when she says the alleged incident occurred in her room.
Howe had travelled from London to Istanbul last week for the complex cosmetic treatment, designed to elongate the eyes.
The former Playboy Bunny and boxing ring girl said she felt someone moving around her bedside just a day after the operation.
The model, who has nearly a million followers online, said she has been left “shaken and traumatised” by the ordeal.
Howe reportedly remained awake due to post-operative sickness, leaving her fully conscious during the alleged incident.
“I was lying in my hospital bed with iced patches over my eyes,” she told The Sun.
“I could hear a noise to my right of the hospital bed. I obviously thought it must just be the nurses or something.”
Howe said the situation escalated when she felt her duvet being lifted around her chest.
“I shot up immediately and shouted, ‘Excuse me!’” she added.
She described being completely naked under the covers when the alleged assault occurred.
“The person bolted from the room as I screamed,” Howe said.
The model pressed the hospital’s emergency red buzzer and contacted Turkish police immediately.
Within 25 minutes, officers arrived and began checking CCTV footage at Acibadem Taksim Hospital.
“They came straight to the hospital and checked the CCTV,” Howe explained.
“They identified the suspect, who was apparently a hospital worker,” she said.
Turkish authorities arrested a male hospital employee in connection with the incident.
Howe has spoken to the British Embassy and the Foreign Office and plans to press criminal charges.
“It is very scary. I don’t feel like, as a British female person, that it is safe in Turkey,” she said.
“If I didn’t feel the blanket being lifted, God knows what would’ve happened – I have an angel.”
She said the incident has left her mind racing, replaying the situation repeatedly.
“My first thought was, ‘Oh my God, has he been in here before and I didn’t see him?’” Howe added.
She emphasised that male staff should never have access to female patients’ private rooms.
“No male should have access to a room,” Howe said.
“If I didn’t wake up there and then – I’m assuming the worker thought I was unconscious because of the patches on my eyes – I could’ve been sexually assaulted or God knows what could have happened. I’m just glad that I was awake, because if I wasn’t, I don’t know what would have happened to me.”
Howe has previously claimed that disgraced influencer Andrew Tate tried to lure her to his Romanian compound before his arrest in a rape and trafficking investigation.
She described receiving “controlling and aggressive” messages from Tate and believes she narrowly avoided danger.
Following the Turkish incident, Howe said she now wants to warn other women about the risks of travelling abroad for surgery.
“The whole thing has left me terrified,” she said. “It was supposed to be a quick, simple recovery – not this.”
A spokesperson for the UK Foreign Office said: “We are supporting a British national following an incident in Turkey.”
The hospital and Turkish police have been approached for comment.
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