ATHENS, Ga. — A woman says she was raped several times in the restroom of a popular downtown Athens bar during a Halloween party.
Police are investigating the alleged assault at Duke’s and Dottie’s Dance Club on East Broad Street.
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The woman says a man in a Joker costume offered her a drink, but she refused. He later pulled her into the restroom with two other men. She says they took turns sexually assaulting her, and then stole her purse and phone.
A friend took the 20-year-old victim, who is not a University of Georgia student, to the hospital where staff notified police.
“It’s terrible, and I’ve heard of things like that happening at Duke’s before,” UGA student Sammy Gary told Channel 2’s Tom Regan.
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Parents of students who graduated from UGA or are currently attending school are also alarmed over the reported sexual assault.
“All parents with kids here, they worry about their safety, and they worry about where they are going and who they are with,” UGA alumni parent Jane Peterson.
“It’s really scary, obviously,” parent Natalie Crawford said. “It could happen to anybody. I don’t know how it happens in a bar.”
Regan contacted a phone number listed online for the bar, but did not get a return call.
Police have not identified any suspects.
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