LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A $10 million claim was filed Thursday, Sept. 24 against Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula on behalf of a woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted in March by an employee who took advantage of her because she was intoxicated.
A Pechanga representative did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the claim, the precursor to a lawsuit.
The woman's attorney, Gloria Allred, identified her client as "Michele'' during a Los Angeles news conference in which both were sharply critical of the Riverside County District Attorney's Office for not filing charges in the case.
"Michele has been willing to come forward today not only because of what she has suffered. but because we have reason to believe that there are many rape cases in California with similar facts t
