A young woman who was allegedly drugged and raped at a Pitt Meadows rave party two years ago says she is “devastated” that the charges against the only man accused of sexual assault in the incident have been stayed.
“There’s no doubt in my mind that what happened to me on the night of Sept. 11 was a sexual assault,” said the teen victim, who cannot be named.
“I often wondered why women never reported they were sexually assaulted and now I know,” she added. “It’s a ‘he said, she said’ thing and it’s easy enough for the offender to get off by saying (the women) consented.”
She and her father sat before media Wednesday, read prepared statements and left without taking questions. Their statements came after Crown prosecutors stayed charges Tuesday against Colton Ashton McMorris, 19, saying there wasn’t enough evidence to get a conviction.
The victim, who was 16 at the time of the incident, and her father pleaded for witnesses to come forward.
“Someone saw something, heard something … and it’s still out there and I’m asking you to please come forward… It would mean the world to me and my family,” she said.
RCMP Sgt. Peter Thiessen said investigators are not going to give up gathering more evidence and that they stand by allegations the teen was raped.
“I can assure you, knowing the content of these photos (of the alleged assault that circulated online), it was not exaggerated what happened to this girl. Absolutely not,” he said.
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