Woman Sues Hotel Staff Who Gave Drunken Man Her Room Key

Woman Sues Hotel Staff Who Gave Drunken Man Her Room Key

Alison Fournier, A New York business woman is suing Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide claiming a staff at one of their hotels gave her room key to a drunken man who allegedly sexually assaulted her in her bed.

Fournier announced the suit today at a news conference with women's rights lawyer Gloria Allred, is suing the company for negligence and negligent infliction of emotional distress.

According to the suit, Fournier was in her locked room in Hotel Kämp, in Helsinki, Finland a hotel operated by Starwood Hotels, on the night of Jan. 15, 2011 when she was sexually assaulted by a man, who was "visibly intoxicated," had undressed, slipped into her bed, and proceeded to grope her naked body, the suit says.

The man approached the front desk, said that he was Fournier's husband, and obtained a key from hotel staff to her room. The staff did not ask him for any identification or proof that he was in fact Fournier's husband, according to the lawsuit. He then proceeded to her room and tried to molest her. She awoke, grabbed a housecoat, and ran screaming from the room.

Fournier said that, because of the incident, she left her career and moved from New York to be closer to her family.

Posted by Sophia Andrews on Thursday January 12 2012, 4:31 AM EDT. Ref: Yahoo. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News, Travel. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0