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Negligence and denial
I was attacked at Steamworks Bath Vancouver on April 4th, 2023. I was tied up by my wrists with a bungee cord and my attacker forced himself on me. When I tried to scream he put a pillow over my face. I was sexually assaulted and robbed. I was in shock and I walked up to front desk but I wasn’t sure how to ask for help. A lovely gentleman working at front de...I was attacked at Steamworks Bath Vancouver on April 4th, 2023. I was tied up by my wrists with a bungee cord and my attacker forced himself on me. When I tried to scream he put a pillow over my face. I was sexually assaulted and robbed. I was in shock and I walked up to front desk but I wasn’t sure how to ask for help. A lovely gentleman working at front desk at the time noticed I was acting strange. He asked me if I was ok. I said I was fine and on my way back to my room I saw my attacker again. So I went back to the front desk. I must’ve been there a few times until the gentleman asked me what was going on. I was still trying to make sense of things and I started to have a melt down. As I was checking out of the club, he suggested I should call the police.
My following visit was a few days after. I was surprised to find out I was banned from the club. When I asked for the reason I was not allowed in, the manager said it was because there is a police investigation. When I told the constable in charged of my case. He was confused and said there is no conflict of interest.
The investigation is over. Today is my birthday, so I called the club to make sure I am allowed to enter. The staff on duty advised me to go speak to the manager in person as he does not take phone calls. When I saw the manager, I said hello and asked him how he is today. His response was “what do you want?” I said I understand I was not allowed in the club while there was a police investigation. But now the investigation is over, how do we go from here ? He said he doesn’t know that it’s over and snapped at me when I looked confused. He said “don’t give me that look” and continued to talk over me as I was asking questions to clarify the situation. He interrupted me and said if I had said I was sorry about what happened, he may have let me in. I said I’m not sorry I got attacked. I did nothing wrong. He further claimed “there was an altercation between two of you so both of you are banned.” When I clarified there was no altercation. It was assault. He then escalated and said “I get to describe it however I want. For the safety of our members and for yourself, the ban continues.” I asked him how am I being 5’6” 120 lbs a threat to anyone. A that’s when he further made an accusation and verbally attacked me by saying, “they better not call me to testify, because you were as high as a kite that day.” The club has a strict bag check policy. If people can get “as high as a kite” on the property, then they must admit their negligence. It would take a sociopath to have no empathy with the distraught behavior of a sexual assault victim. He is incredibly disrespectful.
I got assaulted in the club. Not only is there a lack of safety protocol to prevent such attack to begin with. The aftermath is worse. Other establishments would have at the very least apologize for their own negligence for letting a violent crime happen in the first place. Or at least refund the membership I had just paid for that day if they were to ban me. That would be a decent human thing to do. The constable also placed them at top 5 of establishments not cooperative with investigations.
The manager’s poor dismissive attitude further victimize me again by punishing me when I have done nothing wrong. To this day, when I asked what I have done wrong to get punished, he still could not verbalize a valid reason. Like a 5 year old, he said “this is a private club. I can let in whoever I want.” Thankfully I recorded our conversation today. I’m writing as I am reviewing the recording for accuracy.
Besides just shutting me up by shutting me out, he is also relentlessly denying like Donald Trump that the assault took place on their property. He kept on insisting it was an altercation between 2 people and “I can describe it however I want.” Perhaps this is their PR strategy. To pretend no crime ever took place. Without me present to verify it, they can twist my case with their smear campaign and play it off as just a rumor from a junkie.
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