Video shows couple appearing to have sex under a blanket in broad daylight in New York park while children played nearby

  • The raunchy couple apparently got intimate in Manhattan’s Battery Park
  • The TikTok video of their alleged act has been viewed more than 50 million times

Shocking footage captured the moment a cheeky couple appeared to have sex in a busy New York City park as children played around them.

The video, shot in Manhattan’s Battery Park, shows the raunchy couple getting intimate under a blanket in broad daylight.

Outraged viewers of a TikTok that has been viewed more than 50 million times condemned the pair, with some calling for them to be charged with public indecency.

Separate footage indicated they were able to continue the alleged public romp for hours, with the blanket barely covering their supposed act as the sun set.

Shocking footage captured the moment a brazen couple appeared to have sex in broad daylight in Manhattan’s Battery Park

Viewers were outraged by the alleged public romp, especially as children played in the park around them

Viewers were outraged by the alleged public romp, especially as children played in the park around them

The couple have not been identified, while X users also produced images allegedly of the alleged perpetrators, amid calls to hold them accountable

The couple have not been identified, while X users also produced images allegedly of the alleged perpetrators, amid calls to hold them accountable

Viewers of the videos were baffled by the alleged daring behavior and wondered why no one had called the police to put a stop to it.

Two children are seen riding scooters close to the couple, while parents play a game and go on a picnic, seemingly oblivious to the couple’s stunt.

“Only in New York,” one of the TikToks captioned. ‘Trying to enjoy a beautiful Sunday afternoon in NYC…’

“No, how do you even get away with this in NYC,” the later sunset video captioned.

While viewers were left wondering, ‘Whatever happened to the shame?’, the couple also emerged from under the covers during their afternoon romp looking sheepish.

In New York City, public sex was a Class B misdemeanor for public lewdness, and could lead to up to three months behind bars.

The couple have not yet been identified, while

Separate footage showed they continued the alleged public romp for hours, with the blanket barely covering their supposed act as the sun set.

Separate footage showed they continued the alleged public romp for hours, with the blanket barely covering their supposed act as the sun set.

Viewers wondered why police weren't called to the couple

Viewers wondered why police didn’t call on the couple

One tweeted: “I want to see those generic people in New York charged as sex offenders for having sex in front of children. I mean it like that. Our society is so damn dirty.”

When the video went viral, the couple was quickly branded on social media as the “blanket couple.”

‘I wonder why everyone is talking about the blanket couple until I found this?! BY CHILDREN? OUTSIDE? IN DAYLIGHT??’ another viewer responded.

Another wondered: ‘Why didn’t anyone call the police?’