A UK doctor, Georgina Mortimer, was raped during her holiday in the Caribbean in the bedroom of the villa within hours of arriving to her destination.
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As if that wasn’t terrible enough, the association who she was staying with in St. Lucia, women-only company ‘Girls for Sails’, offered her a free manicure and massage as compensation. How insulting is that? Oh, so you’ve been scarred for life thanks to our negligence (and the wanker rapist, obviously), but here’s a nice little spa day to take your mind off of things.
Mortimer is now taking action against the company. She said:
I woke up to find myself being strangled and raped by this total stranger. I was terrified. I honestly thought I was going to die.
I’d gone on a women only holiday to learn to sail believing I would be safe.
I am devastated by what happened and I am going to do what I can to stop any other woman going through this.
I am shocked by a company, which claims to empower women by helping them learn to sail without men, has treated a rape victim so badly.
My life has been turned upside down. I have horrendous flashbacks and feel traumatised.
To be offered a massage and manicure is disgusting. When I complained again I was finally refunded my money.
I was also offered a complimentary days sailing. It all belittled the nightmare I’d gone through.
I was not given a key for my bedroom door but two instructors were also staying there and I understood the front door would be locked each night.
But I woke to find a monster pinning me down in my bed attacking me. I thought I was going to be murdered.
That is just absolutely horrific – I can’t imagine going through that and then being insulted at the end of it by the company that I had spent loads of money on. Not cool.
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