THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, November 9, 1994 TAG: 9411090279
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A9 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: LOS ANGELES TIMES
LENGTH: Short : 29 lines
A former maid at the Las Vegas Hilton has charged that shortly after Paula Coughlin was assaulted, she, too, was dragged through a gantlet of drunken aviators and later raped by the man who lured her there.
According to a lawsuit set for trial in May, the maid - identified only as ``Jane Doe'' - became pregnant as a result of the attack and had an abortion rather than give birth to a child conceived ``in such an awful, violent way.''
A spokesman for Hilton said Monday that the woman ``never mentioned rape'' when she was interviewed by hotel security guards the night of the alleged attack. And, noted the spokesman, she waited 16 months to file her claim.
The Jane Doe suit against the Hilton, the Tailhook Association and the Navy is among seven filed by San Francisco attorney Melvin Belli.
KEYWORDS: TAILHOOK U.S. NAVY SEXUAL HARASSMENT
ASSAULT LAWSUITS< by CNB