Man Forced To Give Oral Sex In Central Park, Police Say

CENTRAL PARK, NY — The NYPD Special Victims Unit is investigating a sexual assault that occurred Tuesday morning inside Central Park, a department spokeswoman said.

A 26-year-old man was sitting on a bench on West 109th Street just outside the park Tuesday morning when an unknown man approached him and asked "why did you touch my stuff?" an NYPD spokeswoman said. The unknown man then said "lets take a walk" and led the man inside the park near West Drive and West 109th Street, police said.

Inside the park, the man removed the 26-year-old's boots and pants and forced him to perform oral sex, police said. After the sex act, the attacker elbowed the man and fled the park, police said.

Police are investigating the assault and are still working to identify a suspect, an NYPD spokeswoman said. The victim and attacker did not know each other, the spokeswoman said.

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