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Victoria’s Secret Launches An Investigation Into The Viral Karen Video Taken In Their Store

<p>Roommates&comma; looks like officials at Victoria&&num;8217&semi;s Secret caught wind of the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;karen-trends-on-twitter-as-viral-video-shows-a-white-woman-crying-after-she-seemingly-attempts-to-assault-a-black-woman&sol;">viral &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Karen” video<&sol;a> taken in their store last weekend&period; A white woman was seen crying after seemingly attacking a Black woman&period; The white woman accuses the Black woman of being the aggressor&comma; but was recorded charging at and then chasing the Black woman throughout the store&period; In response to the incident&comma; Victoria&&num;8217&semi;s Secret issued a statement on Tuesday calling for a full investigation of the &&num;8220&semi;unsettling&&num;8221&semi; video&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Associate and customer safety is our top priority&comma; and we are committed to creating a safe and welcoming environment for all&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the statement said&period; &&num;8220&semi;The video taken in our store is unsettling and we have initiated a full investigation&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To give more context&comma; both women appear to be shopping at the undergarment retailer in a New Jersey mall&period; The Black woman&comma; named Ijeoma Ukenta <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bet&period;com&sol;news&sol;national&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;15&sol;ljeoma-ukenta-karen-victoria-secret-gofundme&period;html">according to BET reports<&sol;a>&comma; revealed in the video that she was in Victoria&&num;8217&semi;s Secret to take advantage of a free panty coupon&period; Well&comma; she got quite the opposite after encountering the blond woman in the store&period; The clip begins with the white woman approaching Ijeoma and swinging her hand&comma; seemingly hitting Ijeoma&&num;8217&semi;s cell phone&period; After realizing she&&num;8217&semi;s being recorded and watched by shoppers and employees&comma; the white woman puts on a whole scenario&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She backs up slowly and brings her hand to her chest in a shocked expression&period; She also adopts a whiny&comma; almost-crying voice and begins complaining to the employees&period; After Ijeoma expresses her disbelief at the energy switch-up&comma; the woman begins covering her face&comma; crying loudly and slips to the ground&period; At one point&comma; she even allegedly faints&period; Yet&comma; even as the unidentified woman screams &&num;8220&semi;get away from me&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she inches closer to Ijeoma in an attempt to get her to stop recording and later on chases her around the store&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CRT7r9ULzk1&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; 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