HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KNX) — A woman is recovering after being brutally beaten in an attack captured on cellphone video after her birthday celebration over the weekend.
The incident occurred in a parking garage near Las Palmas Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard. Signage visible in the footage identified the building as the Alaya Hollywood apartments.
"It didn't have to escalate to that situation," said Cynthia Stergious, who spoke with CBSLA Saturday before meeting with detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department. "I don't understand how someone could be so cruel."
Stergious, who suffered multiple blows to her face and body, said the attack in the parking garage happened early Friday morning.
"I have stitches right here," she elaborated. "It kind of hurts to talk a little. I have stitches right here. I have a bruise on my leg. It is humongous."
She recalled celebrating her 26th birthday with friends at Revel Lounge. Then, as they walked back to their cars across the street, she said two men approached them in the garage.
WARNING: Video of the assault is graphic and difficult to watch.
"Words were exchanged. I don't know what was said, when one of my friends got hit on the head," Stergious said.
The 26-year-old said that those same men then started calling her names. She doesn't remember what happened next. She said her mind went blank.
"I just remember getting knocked down. He socked me in the face. He socked me in the face repeatedly, but I was already unconscious at that point," Stergious said.
The alleged victim said one of the men knocked her in front of a car and threatened to run her over. As seen in the video, her friends grabbed her body and moved her out of the way.
In the attack's aftermath, Stergious said she doesn't understand why it all happened and wants the perpetrators off the streets so that no other woman is hurt.
"I was already down on the floor, and he still continued to do what he did. And on top of it was ready to run me over. He did not care," she told CBSLA.
An attendant at the parking garage where the incident happened told CBSLA that cameras are located in the garage, though it's unclear if they captured the attack.
It is currently unclear who the men seen attacking Stergious in the video are. Investigators said they are working to track down the attackers.
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