Why it's your fault if you're raped at the Stamford Marriott

Potentially triggering discussion of rape and victim-blaming.

Yesterday, tinylegacies pointed me toward an article about a woman who was raped at gunpoint by a stranger in the Stamford Marriott parking garage.  The woman filed a civil suit against the hotel, claiming her attacker "had been in the hotel and garage acting suspiciously days before the attack, as well as the afternoon of the attack, and the hotel failed to notice him, apprehend him or make him leave."

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Published on August 14, 2009 07:00
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message 1: by Fran (new)

Fran Friel This is appalling, Jim. My husband works in Stamford, and no doubt he and his colleagues have attended events at the Marriott. I'll be passing on this story.


message 2: by Jim (new)

Jim At the moment the Marriott is saying they can't comment, since the case is still in court. But I hope they're hearing enough anger and unhappiness to realize they screwed up.


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