Alice Paquet, 21, who is accusing MNA Gerry Sklavounos of sexual assault, has now penned an open letter to discuss her current situation.
He has not been formally charged.
The letter appeared in Monday morning’s Le Devoir.
Paquet claimed a lot has been done to try and discredit her story, writing the conversation is moving away from the main issue of sexual violence against women.
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Paquet wrote that her private life has been intruded and is part “of a long tradition” of criticizing women who try speak out about rape.
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She first made the claim at a vigil for victims of sexual assault at Laval University on Wednesday, Oct. 19.
Paquet took the microphone to announce publicly she had been sexually assaulted.
Rosalie Genest, a friend, later told a Quebec City radio station that the assault was “violent” and Paquet was hospitalized the next day and received stitches.
Paquet said she reported the assault to police with a rape kit, but was told this kind of accusation would ruin his career.
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She said she was told no one would believe her “because he has a seat in the National Assembly, because he is an important man.”
Quebec City police wouldn’t comment on whether this was true or not.
Police said they opened an investigation in March 2016, but are waiting for the victim to corroborate details of the assault.
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Following the allegations of sexual assault, Sklavounos stepped down from the Liberal caucus late Thursday afternoon.
The 41-year-old backbencher has been an MNA since 2007 in the Montreal-area district of Laurier-Dorion.
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