Seanyvr

I was attacked at Steamworks Bath Vancouver on April 4th, 2023. I was tied up by my wrists with a bungee cord and my attacker forced himself on me. When I tried to scream he put a pillow over my face. I was sexually assaulted and robbed. I was in shock and I walked up to front desk but I wasn’t sure how to ask for help. A lovely gentleman working at front desk at the time noticed I was acting strange. He asked me if I was ok. I said I was fine and on my way back to my room I saw my attacker again. So I went back to the front desk. I must’ve been there a few times until the gentleman asked me what was going on. I was still trying to make sense of things and I started to have a melt down. As I was checking out of the club, he suggested I should call the police. My following visit was a few days after. I was surprised to find out I was banned from the club. When I asked for the reason I was not allowed in, the manager said it was because there is a police investigation. When I told the constable in charged of my case. He was confused and said there is no conflict of interest. The investigation is over. Today is my birthday, so I called the club to make sure I am allowed to enter. The staff on duty advised me to go speak to the manager in person as he does not take phone calls. When I saw the manager, I said hello and asked him how he is today. His response was “what do you want?” I said I understand I was not allowed in the club while there was a police investigation. But now the investigation is over, how do we go from here ? He said he doesn’t know that it’s over and snapped at me when I looked confused. He said “don’t give me that look” and continued to talk over me as I was asking questions to clarify the situation. He interrupted me and said if I had said I was sorry about what happened, he may have let me in. I said I’m not sorry I got attacked. I did nothing wrong. He further claimed “there was an altercation between two of you so both of you are banned.” When I clarified there was no altercation. It was assault. He then escalated and said “I get to describe it however I want. For the safety of our members and for yourself, the ban continues.” I asked him how am I being 5’6” 120 lbs a threat to anyone. A that’s when he further made an accusation and verbally attacked me by saying, “they better not call me to testify, because you were as high as a kite that day.” The club has a struck bag check policy. If people can get “as high as a kite” on the property, then they must admit their negligence. It would take a sociopath to have no empathy with the distraught behavior of a sexual assault victim. He is incredibly disrespectful. I got assaulted in the club. Not only is there a lack of safety protocol to prevent such attack to begin with. The aftermath is worse. Other establishments would have at the very least apologize for their own negligence for letting a violent crime happen in the first place. Or at least refund the membership I had just paid for that day if they were to ban me. That would be a decent human thing to do. The constable also placed them at top 5 of establishments not cooperative with investigations. The manager’s poor dismissive attitude further victimize me again by punishing me when I have done nothing wrong. To this day, when I asked what I have done wrong to get punished, he still could not verbalize a valid reason. Like a 5 year old, he said “this is a private club. I can let in whoever I want.” Thankfully I recorded our conversation today. I’m writing as I am reviewing the recording for accuracy. I am a school teacher who has quit drinking since 2012. And the club has a strict bag search. If anyone snuck in any narcotics, it would be due to the clubs negligence. Recently, an acquaintance is banned for 3 months due to drug use. But I get banned indefinitely for being assaulted. Perhaps shutting me up by shutting me out is their way of keeping my story from spreading. And the conversation may bring a lot more similar incidents to light.