WINDSOR, Ont. – A young woman accusing 2012 New Jersey Devils draft pick Ben Johnson of raping her in a washroom stall three years ago has launched a $3.95-million civil lawsuit against the NHL hopeful.

The 20-year-old woman, whose identity is protected in a separate criminal proceeding against Johnson, has also named Mynt nightclub in her lawsuit. She claims the now-defunct downtown bar, its owners and employees allowed underaged people like herself to become drunk and vulnerable, then failed to protect them.

She claims the bar knew or ought to have known that Johnson, who was also underage, “could pose a danger to others because of his impairment by alcohol,” the lawsuit states.

The contents of the statement of claim have yet to be proven in court.

Johnson, 22, is currently before the criminal courts, charged with sexually assaulting the same young woman. Johnson, who played for the Windsor Spitfires OHL team at the time, is accused of forcing the then-16-year-old girl to perform oral sex before having intercourse with her in the women’s washroom of the bar.

Johnson says the oral sex was consensual. He says he never had vaginal intercourse with the girl.

The Superior Court judge who heard the case has reserved his decision.

Johnson was served with the civil suit at the Windsor courthouse during his criminal trial. The lawsuit was filed in London in March, but not served on Johnson until this month.

While Johnson’s father, Kevin, accused the young woman of waiting until after she had testified in the trial to serve his son with the lawsuit, her lawyer said the timing was not strategic.

“We were having trouble serving him in Calumet,” said Paul Ledroit, referring to the village in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula from which Johnson hails.

Ledroit said his only concern about the timing of the lawsuit was with rules that dictate civil cases must be filed within two years of a person turning 18. The lawsuit was commenced five days before the young woman’s 20th birthday.

Along with the statement of claim, the young woman has filed notice that she wants her case heard by a jury.

Johnson’s criminal lawyer, Patrick Ducharme, said Wednesday he had not seen the civil lawsuit and had no knowledge of Johnson being served with it. Ducharme did not raise the multimillion-dollar lawsuit during his cross-examination of the young woman during the criminal trial.

In her civil suit, the young woman claims she suffered both physical and emotional pain because of the alleged sexual assault. The 18-page statement of claim says her education and employment have been impaired and she now has an inability to “engage in normal human relations.”

“She has suffered terribly,” Ledroit said, explaining the girl had to seek therapy after the alleged assault.

“This is tremendously traumatic to a young woman.”

Neither Johnson nor the other parties in the lawsuit have filed statements of defence with the court.

Johnson’s criminal trial heard the girl was at Mynt to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in March 2013. Members of the Windsor Spitfires, who had just played their last game of the season earlier that day, were also there. Surveillance video showed the girl and Johnson talking near the dance floor before they separately went upstairs to where the washrooms were located in the bar.

Johnson testified the girl told him to meet her upstairs. Once there, she pulled him into a stall in the women’s washroom where she performed oral sex on him, he said.

The prosecution says the girl was too intoxicated to consent to any sexual activity, much less vaginal intercourse that left her bloodied and bruised.

The young woman testified in the criminal case she had been a virgin until her encounter with Johnson. The statement of claim in her civil suit does not include this detail.