Documents obtained by Ottawa Citizen show officials were concerned about negative media in case of Kristen Adams
Canada’s military decided not to apologize to an employee after she was sexually assaulted while working with Nato allies, over fears that any apology would be reported by an Ottawa newspaper.
For years, the country’s armed forces has publicly acknowledged a culture that bred abuse and assault, and a longstanding failure to root it out. The crisis, which prompted a shake-up at the most senior ranks, has eroded public trust in the institution and weakened morale within the military’s ranks.
Kristen Adams, who was working at a canteen for troops in Latvia, was sexually assaulted by a Nato soldier on 3 December 2022. After filing a formal complaint about the assault, she was warned by the army’s morale and welfare services that she should have better understood the risks of the job.
That is a pretty bad response too. Sorry you should have known this was a rapey job.
Then they basically fired her from what was a lucrative job “for her safety.”
No punishment occurred for the shithead that assaulted her or the shitheads that minimized the attack.