Connecticut hotel where woman was raped in front of her children puts partial blame on victim
By APThursday, August 13, 2009
Conn. hotel puts partial blame on 2006 rape victim
STAMFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut hotel where a woman was raped at gunpoint in front of her children says the victim was careless and negligent.
The papers filed last month in Superior Court by the Stamford Marriott Hotel & Spa say the victim “failed to exercise due care for her own safety and the safety of her children and proper use of her senses and facilities.”
Prosecutors say Gary Fricker assaulted the woman in her minivan in the hotel’s parking garage in front of her two children, then ages 3 and 5. Fricker is now serving 20 years in prison.
The hotel’s lawyers were responding to a lawsuit claiming the hotel failed to prevent the 2006 attack.
In court filings, the woman’s lawyers have denied those allegations.
Information from: The Advocate, www.stamfordadvocate.com
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August 17, 2009: 12:34 am
You have got to kidding me! It’s not the woman’s fault she got raped. Ugh just… wtf? |
 Lucretia Moore-Peters |
August 16, 2009: 7:42 pm
How Dare Mariott!! To allow their attorneys to blame the rape victim for the horror of being raped is adding insult to injury. Moreover, her children will never be the same. These innocent young ones will be forever scarred after having witnessed such an attrocity heaped on their mother. They may not have understood exactly what happened but they will understand that some “bad man” hurt their mommy. What’s next, “She wanted it!” or “Sge enjoyed it!” |
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