SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A San Diego woman is suing the historic Lafayette Hotel, claiming staff failed to protect her from a guest who brutally assaulted her in 2021 despite multiple warnings about his dangerous behavior.
The woman, identified only as Jane Doe in court documents, was beaten, raped, sodomized, and tortured for eight hours inside room 108 of the Lafayette Hotel by guest Darrain Perkins. Perkins was later sentenced to 140 years to life in prison for the crimes.
Jane Doe’s lawsuit alleges the hotel had a legal obligation to ensure her safety but allowed Perkins to remain as a guest despite several reported incidents of threatening behavior toward staff…