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["Lou Leffler" <>]

20 Aug 2009
Hi All,
 
I did contact Marriott.  They have responded twice.  It appears that the
ugly, stupid "reverse accusation" was made by Marriott's insurance company
in defense.  Marriott upon learning of it insisted the language be removed,
and it has been.  I guess that's how some people respond (the 'lawyer' in
this situation) just for their own interest and the heck (make that hell)
with others.  People like this don't really Love their Neighbors.  I choose
to trust Marriott re: their response. 
 
Tnx,
lou.
 
Lou Leffler

 

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Subject: [Men Against Violence] Mom raped at gunpoint in front of her kids -
Marriott calls her "careless and negligent"


  


Please let the Marriott chain know how you feel - I stay in hotels about 100
times/year and I'm definitely letting them know!  This is a single hotel
putting out this statement, so it's a chance for the Marriott corporation to
come out with a strong statement against rape, and in support of rape
victims.  
 
Conn. hotel puts partial blame on 2006 rape victim

(AP) - 13 hours ago

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, http://www.stamfordadvocate.com


Until the violence stops, Ben.  
 
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