Marriott Hotel Says It's Victims Fault She Was Raped

Well we all know not to stay at Marriott Hotels anymore, especially the Stamford, Connecticut Marriott. That's where a woman was raped at gunpoint in front of her 3 and 5 year old children, and despite it happening in the Marriott parking garage and the rapist walking around for days on Marriott property, Marriott says it's the victims fault.

Marriott claims the victim was careless, negligent, and "failed to exercise due care for her own safety and the safety of her children and proper use of her senses and facilities," according to court documents.

The offense occurred in 2008 and the victim is suing Marriott after the perpetrator, Gary Fricker, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the attack. But Marriott claims they are not at fault, even if "Fricker 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." The real blame lies with the victim, who made the mistake of staying at a Marriott hotel and believing it was safe to use the Marriott hotel parking garage.

Let that be a lesson to anyone who is thinking of staying at a Marriott hotel.

Marriott's offensive behavior doesn't stop there. The victim, for obvious reasons, wants to remain anonymous. Marriott has in turn "subpoenaed several people involved with the family, including a Pilates instructor, friends, tennis partners and the children's baby sitter. The woman's attorneys argue the individuals subpoenaed do not know anything about the attack, that the subpoenas inadvertently identified her to those people and that it was merely an effort by the hotel's attorneys to intimidate her."

Classy.

Daily Kos gives us a list of other hotel chains Marriott owns, in case you want to add them to the list of companies to avoid doing business with:

Fairfield Inn
Renaissance Hotels & Resorts
Ritz-Carlton
Bulgari Hotels & Resorts
Residence Inn
Courtyard
SpringHill Suites
TownePlace Suites

And if you want to contact Marriott you can email them here.

You can also sign a petition at MomsRising.org.