According to the Stamford Advocate,
A downtown hotel being sued by a woman raped at gunpoint in its parking garage is claiming she was careless, negligent and “failed to exercise due care for her own safety and the safety of her children and proper use of her senses and facilities,” according to court documents.
They are blaming the victim for her own rape and lack of adequate security in their garage?? Are they suggesting she was mentally incapable because she did not anticipate being raped while she was putting her child in a carseat?? Jezebel has the full story here.
I frequently stay at Marriott hotels when I travel, but I will not be doing so until they issue an apology and offer a substantive plan for assuring the safety of all and all customers and particularly women and children, and I urge others to do the same. You can also write to them here.
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