Woman Says Hotel Ignored Screams for Help
Woman Says Hotel Ignored Screams for Help
DALLAS (CN) - A woman claims that when men broke into her room at a La Quinta Inn and raped her repeatedly, management responded to her screams by accepting, through the closed door, the word of "an unidentified male or males who assured said representative that no criminal activity was in progress."
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Doe, a catering company worker, says she was in Austin on Jan. 17-18 to work at Gov. Rick Perry's most recent inauguration. She says the Dallas catering and restaurant firm she worked for was contracted to cater the inauguration, and that her employer reserved a block of rooms at the hotel.
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"Plaintiff would show that in the subsequent hours, she was repeatedly raped, sexually assaulted, and physically and mentally traumatized as she repeatedly screamed for help. On multiple occasions, the occupants of adjoining rooms contacted the front office of defendant's establishment to complain about the screams and cries emanating from plaintiff's room. ...
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O)n at least two occasions, a representative of defendant approached and knocked on the door of the plaintiff's room only to be met by an unidentified male or males who assured said representative that no criminal activity was in progress. Although plaintiff's room was reserved in her name, the defendants' representative neither asked nor talked to the plaintiff in order to verify her security and safety. Plaintiff would further show that the entry door to the plaintiff's room had been broken and the defendant's representative either did not notice or disregarded signs of a forced entry.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/01/10/42906.htm
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