Sexual assault
| Sexual assault | |
|---|---|
 Brody struggles to force himself on Claire, resulting in a major accident. | |
| First reference: | One Giant Leap |
Rape is the crime of forcing an unwilling person to participate in sexual activity.
About
At a party after a football game, Brody Mitchum walks off alone with Claire Bennet. They kiss, and Brody attempts to go farther. When Claire tries to put the brakes on their physical relationship, he attempts to rape her. In the struggle, she falls and her head is impaled on a tree branch.
After Brody's attempt to rape Claire, she crashes her car to teach him a lesson.
Having seen Claire leave the party with Brody the previous night, Lori Tremmel asks Claire about the incident and reveals that Brody raped her. The two victims watch Brody develop a relationship with a possible future victim.
Sandra encourages Claire to talk about her attack by Sylar, but Claire is vague about the details. Sandra begins to ask Claire if Sylar did something, and Claire responds "No, it wasn't that."
During the robbery of the First Federal Bank of New York, Flint threatens to rape a female teller after she goes to set off an alarm, until Peter (in Jesse's body) forcefully stops him.
Samedi brings a girl into a hut with the intention of raping her, but was stopped by The Haitian who, taking advantage of the absence of his brother's powers, knocked him out.
Notes
- In a preview shown at the Jules Verne film festival, Angela Petrelli describes Level Five as holding "rapists, arsonists, and killers."