Marriott’s “Blame the Rape Victim” Strategy Backfires
After saying in court that a Connecticut woman raped at gunpoint, in the Stamford Marriott Hotel & Spa parking garage, in front of her two young children, “failed to exercise due care for her own safety and the safety of her children and proper use of her senses and facilities,” the hotel chain is dropping its defense because of a public relations nightmare. The woman, who is suing the hotel for not using adequate security, training employees or monitoring the parking lot. Previous sexual assaults occurred in the hotel parking garage prior to the victim’s 2006 rape. Her attacker, Gary Fricker, 56, pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping, risk of injury to a minor and robbery. He is now serving a 20-year prison sentence. The strategy against the 40-year-old…
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