once again, WAY TOO LITTLE, WAY TOO LATE

i am never going to stay in a marriott and i'm begging you all to find alternatives as well. there is NO doubt in my mind they would have gone through with this EXCEPT for all the negative publicity. you know that and i know that. they also revealed the identity of the rape victim by CALLING HER CHILDREN'S BABY SITTER AS AN EFFING WITNESS (witness to what i'd like to know. the baby sitter didn't see, hear or know the woman was going to be raped.). they were going to call SEVERAL people as witnesses including her fitness instructor. why? well could it be for intimidation purposes? don't know, you tell me.....



here's a petition you can sign from moms rising

Marriott Withdraws Claim In Rape Case


prior posting #1

prior posting #2

and here's a WHOLE lot of info on who OWNS the marriotts and all sorts of OTHER info (lots and lots of it)

hey marriott, TOO FUCKING LITTLE TOO FUCKING LATE

UPDATE from 8/18

OH NO, I PERSONALLY AM NOT LETTING YOU OFF THE HOOK. the ONLY thing you're sorry about is that you got caught being beyond uncaring. you got caught BLAMING A VICTIM OF RAPE FOR HER OWN RAPE (at gunpoint in front of her kids. the rapist had a GUN on her kids and threatened one of the kids with rape as well). oh marriott, you made one hell of a giant mistake and i personally hope people hold you accountable (by taking their business elsewhere).

so people of the WORLD I AM BEGGING YOU - DO NOT STAY IN A MARRIOTT. DON'T. they KNEW what they were doing and saying when they had their lawyers say the woman who was raped was at fault BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T TAKE ENOUGH CARE (by the way, she was strapping her kids into the back of her van when the rapist approached her IN THE MARRIOTT PARKING GARAGE). oh, and the marriott said THEY were NOT at fault because they could NOT FORESEE this occurring (but she fucking COULD?????????????????). so marriott FUCK YOU. i do NOT accept your apology NOR SHOULD ANYONE ELSE

DO NOT STAY IN A MARRIOTT

it's an ap article so i'm not printing one WORD of it. i'll print the following link to it though
Hotel Now Expresses Sympathy For Rape Victim Suing It

i'm NEVER going to stay in a marriott EVER

update from 8/18

and i'm going to ask you to do the same if at all possible. if i'm reading this story correctly

#1) the marriott is blaming a woman for her OWN rape. the rape happened in a marriott garage.

#2) the marriott is claiming the woman was careless yet says it is NOT at fault because "the ACTS were beyond their control" (but apparently NOT beyond control of the women who was raped)

#3) the marriott called a BUNCH of witnesses who were friends, family or otherwise knew the woman. these 'witnesses' had NO KNOWLEDGE OF HER ASSAULT AND THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THEM TO BE CALLED OTHER THAN TO a) identify the victim whose identify of course was not SUPPOSED TO BE revealed TO ANY EFFING ONE and b) intimidate her

again, if i'm reading this correctly and it's all true, eff the marriott. every single person in the world should be OUTRAGED at the marriott's conduct

(by the way, i am in no way saying the marriott was GUILTY of neglect in the rape. i don't know if they were or not. that's not the point. the point is it appears they are fighting dirty.
oh did i mention the woman was raped in front of her two childen aged 3 and 5? did i also mention the rapist gary fricker had a gun on her children the WHOLE time and threatened their lives if the woman didn't comply?


Stamford Marriott claims woman was negligent in her own rape

By Monica Potts
Staff Writer

STAMFORD -- A downtown hotel being sued by a woman raped at gunpoint in its parking garage is claiming she 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 victim's attorneys also argue the hotel has inadvertently identified her to acquaintances by asking them to testify.

The Stamford Marriott Hotel & Spa, along with the firms in charge of managing the hotel and its parking garage, made the claim as part of a list of special defenses filed in state Superior Court in Stamford last month. Such defenses allow defendants in civil suits to argue they are not responsible for damages even if the plaintiff's story is true.

The special defenses, and the plaintiff's argument against them, are a few of the documents filed in a series of arguments and counterarguments as the case heads for trial, scheduled for April.

The woman filed the lawsuit in May 2008, six months after Danbury native Gary Fricker, 56, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after a plea deal in the case.

On Oct. 10, 2006, Fricker stuck a handgun in the back of the then 40-year-old woman and forced her and her children, then 3 and 5, into their minivan as they left the hotel, according to court documents...............

update: video from the courant but it's really a faux 61 vid