VICTORIA He hit me so hard with his belt, you could see the Gucci logo bruised into my back, said an alleged sexual assault victim of a former employee at Chuck’s Burger Bar in Victoria, who wants her identity to remain anonymous. A group of protestors rallied outside the restaurant on Tuesday night to show support for the alleged victims as more women came forward with accusations of sexual assault involving the same man. We ve seen the statements from ex-employees from Chuck’s saying that they (management) knew and that they let it happen for two to three years now, so we aren t going to stand for that, said Johann Hart, the man who organized the protest in front of the restaurant.
Many of the people say they were customers of the downtown Victoria bar. Several of the posts describe being encouraged or coerced to consume alcohol or cocaine and being physically assaulted. They describe a man who became violent when turned down, and who forced himself on women who were intoxicated and sometimes semi-conscious. The bar has responded to the allegations, saying the employee has been fired and they are conducting an investigation. They said the former worker has denied the allegations. Bar management said in a statement they were surprised by the accusations and were not previously aware of any concerning behaviour.
Warning: This story contains descriptions of alleged sexual assaults VICTORIA Community members held a rally outside of Chuck’s Burger Bar in Victoria on Tuesday night after allegations of sexual assault against a former employee surfaced online. On Monday, the restaurant told CTV News that it had fired the employee and said the accusations against the man came as a surprise to the eatery. CTV News spoke with one victim on Tuesday, who is joining other alleged assault survivors. He greeted us with a couple of shots at the bar and he drank some behind the bar himself, said the survivor, who wished to stay anonymous.
Several of the posts describe being encouraged or coerced to consume alcohol or cocaine and being physically assaulted. They describe a man who became violent when turned down, and who forced himself on women who were intoxicated and sometimes semi-conscious. “I was brought up to his suite after a full night of his cocktails, to be thrown on the bed, and choked to the point where I almost fainted, pinning me down, aggressively trying to [rip] my clothing off,” one post reads. A former co-worker says in a post she thought it was normal to be fed drinks by the man during her shift.
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December 13, 2020
Letter to the Editor
Sunday, Dec. 6, marked the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, the day we pay our respects to 14 engineering students and staff who were murdered at École Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989 solely because they were women.
Thirty-one years later, our country grieved with the murders of nine men and 13 women and girls in Nova Scotia at the hands of a man with a history of violence toward his partner.
In Toronto, the ongoing trial of a man accused of murdering eight women and two men in 2018 has forced conversations about misogynistic online violence and its real-world effects.