Dominican Republic ‘beatdown’ victim sues resort for $3 million
The Delaware mom who said she survived a savage beating at a Dominican Republic resort earlier this year has sued the tourist spot for a staggering $3 million, according to a new report.
Tammy Lawrence-Daley, 51, of Wilmington, is suing Majestic Resorts, the parent company of the Majestic Elegance Punta Cana — for “justice” and “accountability” — following her claims that she was beaten, strangled and left for dead during her January stay there, The Delaware News Journal reported.
She’s also seeking compensation for “permanent, life-changing injuries,” according to a press release from her lawyers obtained by the News Journal.
“Mrs. Lawrence-Daley and her team want Americans to know that they are being misled to believe that the Majestic Elegance Punta Cana did their job in handling this matter and that their facilities are safe,” the press release charges.
Lawrence-Daley first shared the story of her alleged assault in late May. She claimed she was on vacation with her husband, Christopher, and their two best pals at the all-inclusive resort when she was attacked in an hours-long assault by a man wearing a resort uniform.
She said she was attacked from behind, dragged down concrete stairs and thrown into a crawl space filled with wastewater.
She was then beaten with a club and strangled by a uniformed man — as well as possibly sexually assaulted due to “damage down there,” she claimed.
Her lawyers claim in the press release that she was “brutally beaten, assaulted, strangled and left for dead in a drainage area” by “at least one or two individuals” who they believe to be resort maintenance workers. Her lawyers say she was only discovered eight hours after the attack, after a shift change.
They also claim that their client lost a tooth, showed signs of strangulation marks around her neck and suffered bruises to her back. She spent five days in the hospital, where she was treated for various abrasions and bruises and had surgery to repair her gum line, they said.
The resort shot back at Lawrence-Daley’s allegations in a formal statement posted to its Twitter account last month, claiming that the woman “formally demanded a $2.2 million compensation agreement” and only shared the story of the alleged incident four months later, “after receiving no positive response.”
As soon as Lawrence-Daley’s disappearance was reported, the hotel claimed it “rigorously implemented the security protocol provided for cases when information is received of a guest in trouble.”
The tourist spot also claimed that a member of the hotel staff remained with Lawrence-Daley in the hospital to help her and ensure her needs were met — and that all her hospital expenses were paid for.
Additionally, the resort’s statement said that there are still “weak points” and “contradictions” in the information provided by Lawrence-Daley.
Police in the Caribbean country have also said that there are holes in the story.
“There is a lot of conjecture about the case, a lot of information that doesn’t match some of the statements,” Dominican Republic national police chief spokesman Col. Frank Durán said last month.
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