diff --git a/src/json_repair/json_parser.py b/src/json_repair/json_parser.py
index d9a6aff..cda7c77 100644
--- a/src/json_repair/json_parser.py
+++ b/src/json_repair/json_parser.py
@@ -308,6 +308,9 @@ def parse_string(self) -> Union[str, bool, None]:
                 rstring_delimiter_missing = True
                 # check if this is a case in which the closing comma is NOT missing instead
                 i = self.skip_to_character(character=rstring_delimiter, idx=1)
+                # If the rstring_delimeter is escaped then it's not what we are looking for
+                while self.get_char_at(i - 1) == "\\":
+                    i = self.skip_to_character(character=rstring_delimiter, idx=i + 1)
                 next_c = self.get_char_at(i)
                 if next_c:
                     i += 1
@@ -411,6 +414,11 @@ def parse_string(self) -> Union[str, bool, None]:
                     ):
                         i += 1
                         i = self.skip_to_character(character=rstring_delimiter, idx=i)
+                        # If the rstring_delimeter is escaped then it's not what we are looking for
+                        while self.get_char_at(i - 1) == "\\":
+                            i = self.skip_to_character(
+                                character=rstring_delimiter, idx=i + 1
+                            )
                         next_c = self.get_char_at(i)
                         # Ok now I found a delimiter, let's skip whitespaces and see if next we find a }
                         i += 1
@@ -433,6 +441,11 @@ def parse_string(self) -> Union[str, bool, None]:
                             i = self.skip_to_character(
                                 character=rstring_delimiter, idx=i
                             )
+                            # If the rstring_delimeter is escaped then it's not what we are looking for
+                            while self.get_char_at(i - 1) == "\\":
+                                i = self.skip_to_character(
+                                    character=rstring_delimiter, idx=i + 1
+                                )
                             i += 1
                             next_c = self.get_char_at(i)
                             while next_c and next_c != ":":