A homeless man nearly blinded Olympian Kim Glass in a Los Angeles attack. Glass revealed her facial injuries sustained after was struck in the face with a metal pipe by a homeless man who threw the weapon at her.
The model’s horrific attack, which occurred on Saturday, was shared on Instagram. The 37-year-old former athlete and model showed her right eye completely shut, blackened, stitched, and a nasty gash on her nose.
“I do have multiple fractures,” said of her injuries, which had feared would leave her blind in that eye.
“Yes, I look like ET,” joked Glass, who has previously appeared in Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue as well as ESPN’s The Body Issue.
The homeless man approached Glass as was leaving lunch in downtown LA in an area where, because of his soft stance on crime policies that allow mentally ill criminals to remain free, locals are working to remove county district attorney George Gascon.
“He had something in his hand,” said. The homeless man “just ran up.”
“And he just looked at me with some pretty hateful eyes,” recalled.
“As I turned to tell my friend, ‘I think something’s wrong with him, and I think he’s going to hit the car’ — before I knew it, a big metal bolt-like pipe hit me,” said.
“It happened so fast. He literally flung it from the street,” said the retired volleyball player.
“It kinda took me down and out,” said, detailing how other people nearby “got him and held him down until the cops came.”
The athlete, who has lived all around the world, has spoken out, warning others to stay safe in crime-ridden Los Angeles.
“Guys, just be safe out there … there’s a lot of mentally ill people on these streets right now,” said in a second video.
“You shouldn’t have to be fearful when you walk, but it’s true. You guys just be safe, OK,” said, later writing that was grateful because it “could have been SO much worse.”
