"I'd just walked in. It was my normal grocery store day and all of a sudden a random guy was standing behind me," Chrissi said.
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Chrissi asked ABC13 not to show her face. She's a 21-year-old au pair from Austria living with a host family that recently moved to Cypress. She said she noticed the man a few minutes later.
"I turned around and an older man came over and he was like 'excuse me ma'am,' but I think this guy just tried to take a picture with his phone under your skirt,'" she said.
Chrissi said the man tried to get close a third time and she had a few words for him.
"Somebody saw that you took pictures, so unlock your screen, show me the pictures and delete them. He was just like 'excuse me, I don't know you. I didn't do anything to you."
"I was furious," said Chrissi's host parent Jayna.
Jayna's 2-year-old daughter was with Chrissi at the time of the incident.
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"The whole spirit of the au pair program is to embrace an au pair, bring them into your home for a year, teach them the American way of life, show them your culture and see what it's like to have someone live in America," Jayna said. "And that is not an experience I wanted her to have."
A spokesperson for H-E-B says the safety of its customers is of the utmost importance and they take this accusation seriously.
Chrissi said Pct. 5 deputies have a strong lead based on information the store provided.
Constable Ted Heap told ABC13 they believe the suspect purchased something with a credit card, but they don't know who he is at this point.
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