A Pennsylvania prosecutor on Thursday pushed back against the narrative that Philadelphia subway riders filmed the rape of a woman on Oct. 13 and did nothing to intervene. Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer, who is leading the case, made the remarks during a press briefing as he urged witnesses to come forward, stressing that they would not be charged. Claims that witnesses filmed the incident “for their own gratification instead of calling the police” is “simply not true,” Stollsteimer told reporters. “There is a narrative out there people sat on the El train and watched this transpire and took videos of it for their own gratification,” Stollsteimer said, using a local nickname for SEPTA’s Market-Frankford line. “That is simply not true. It did not happen. We have the security video from SEPTA that shows that was not the true narrative,” he added, pushing blame on Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority …
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