{"id":273962,"date":"2025-10-03T07:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T07:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/273962\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T07:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T07:19:15","slug":"ex-vancouver-canucks-player-willie-mitchell-named-in-sex-assault-lawsuit-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/273962\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Vancouver Canucks player Willie Mitchell named in sex assault lawsuit – BC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A woman has filed a civil lawsuit against former Vancouver Canucks player Willie Mitchell<\/a>, alleging she was taken advantage of while too intoxicated to consent.<\/p>\n

The defendant, identified only as S.D.K. in the lawsuit, was working at the Tofino Resort as a food and beverage server in September 2022.<\/p>\n

At that time, Mitchell was one of three directors of the resort, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

He was part owner, along with former Vancouver Canucks player Dan Hamhuis, who bought it in 2016.<\/p>\n

They brought developer Andrew Purdey on board to transform the property.<\/p>\n

On Sept. 11, 2022, S.D.K. reportedly worked her scheduled shift at the resort and then went to the adjoining pub on the premises to socialize with co-workers and listen to live music.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs the evening went on, the plaintiff became visibly impaired by alcohol intoxication,\u201d the lawsuit states.<\/p>\n

S.D.K. has fragmented memories of the events of the late evening and has vague memories of being in a car and having only one shoe on, it says.<\/p>\n

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The lawsuit states that Mitchell reportedly took the plaintiff to his private home and \u201cin an altered level of consciousness secondary to her extreme intoxication and without her express or implied consent, Mitchell engaged in unprotected sexual activity with the plaintiff,\u201d the document reads.<\/p>\n

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The morning after, the plaintiff walked home with one shoe on and went to the local police station and the Tofino Hospital to submit to a Forensic Nurse Examination.<\/p>\n

\u201cMitchell, as agent for the Tofino Resort and the Numbered Company, had a duty to ensure the plaintiff was not overserved to the point of severe intoxication and to take reasonable steps to protect the plaintiff from foreseeable harm, including her vulnerability to the sexual assault,\u201d the lawsuit states.<\/p>\n

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