A Texas woman who traveled to the Chicago area on business has been awarded $1.8 million after she was raped by an on-duty security guard of the Skokie hotel she was staying at, according to the victim's attorneys.
On Oct. 2, 2013, Karla Gress was staying at the Holiday Inn Chicago Northshore – Skokie while on a work-related trip.
Throughout the night, evidence shows Singhateh went back up to Gress’ room multiple times. During one of the visits, Singhateh sexually assaulted Gress, according to her attorneys.Gress reported the attack within 24 hours of returning home to Texas and underwent a rape kit. The DNA from the rape kit matched Singhateh, her attorneys said.
"Hotel management facilitated the assault by sending a male security guard into Karla’s room, knowing that he had a key and despite being forewarned that she was intoxicated. Rather than protecting Karla’s privacy and safety in her locked room, hotel management endangered it," Gress’ attorney Tara R. Devine of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard said in a statement.
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