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A John Abbott College student who says she was dragged into a boy’s bathroom on campus and sexually assaulted by a fellow student in June was horrified to learn the Montreal police department dismissed the case without questioning the alleged assailant.

The 19-year-old woman, who was left with a welt on her neck and a bite mark on her face after the alleged assault on June 8, says she was stunned when the primary investigator in the case told her that video footage from the sixth floor of the college’s science building made it look like the victim “enjoyed it.”

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She agrees it might have looked like they walked into the building amicably, as they had been talking on the bus to school, but she says after their class he forcefully kissed her and put his hands in her pants while they were in the hallway – and she doesn’t understand how that could appear to be consensual sex.

“How could they know from the video if I enjoyed it?” asked the victim, who we’ll call Emily because she spoke to the Montreal Gazette on condition that she not be identified as she is worried for her safety. “I was too scared and shocked to react.”