WATCH: Police in Quebec are investigating up to three sexual assaults on young people at a weekend Halloween party, called Spookland. It was marketed for people aged 16 to 21, and had a strict alcohol and drug policy that was supposed to be enforced. Partygoers say it wasn’t. Mike Le Couteur reports.
CANTLEY, Que. — Police said they’ve opened two sexual assault investigations after a Halloween party at a Quebec ski resort north of the Ottawa-Gatineau area.
In one of the cases, police said a 16-year-old girl was found naked and unconscious and hospital tests found that she had consumed the so-called date rape drug GHB.
In the other case, a 17-year-old girl reported being inappropriately touched on her way into the party.
Police said Friday’s “Spookland” event also resulted in 12 party-goers being transported to hospital for drug or alcohol-related illnesses, many of them minors.
Martin Fournel of MRC des Collines police said investigators have yet to confirm what happened between the time the girl fell unconscious and the time she was found.
The party was billed as an event for students between 16 and 21 years old, and Fournel said police are looking into whether or not the bar was serving alcohol to minors or serving patrons already intoxicated.
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