If you think this happened to you, says Seattle Police Department spokesperson Sean Whitcomb, report it, go to the hospital, get the test. We’ll take it from there, because we are very interested in identifying where it’s happening and who’s doing it.”
“If you think this happened to you,” says Seattle Police Department spokesperson Sean Whitcomb, “report it, go to the hospital, get the test. We’ll take it from there, because we are very interested in identifying where it’s happening and who’s doing it.” istock

Mariana doesn’t remember what time it was when she got to her parents’ house. She doesn’t remember a lot from the night of July 25. What she remembers: waking up on the bathroom floor choking on her own vomit. She remembers crawling on her elbows, trying to reach a telephone.

Motown on Mondays at Bar Sue get packed pretty quickly. Mariana, 23, was dancing to soul and funk classics when the cast of Real World walked in, and it was electric. The possibility of getting on TV made people swarm near Mariana’s table, located right next to the Real World cast.

Mariana remembers that a man she didn’t recognize sat down at her table. “My boyfriend’s dancing,” she says he told her. “I don’t like to dance. I’m gay, don’t worry.”

Mariana continued to dance, but before long, she knew something was very wrong…

Sydney Brownstone writes about the environment, sexual assault, and general news for The Stranger. In 2017, her boss and Pulitzer winner Eli Sanders nominated her coverage of Seattle porn scammer Matt...