#CondemnRapeCultureArdrossanRFC
On December 17, 2016, Innes Frazer, a rugby player for the Ardrossan Accies RFC, coaxed an 18-year old autistic lesbian into a storage container at Ardrossan Rugby Club in Ayrshire, Scotland. He kissed the teenager, touched her breasts, exposed himself and forced her to touch him and then told her to lie about what he had done. This is after Frazer had introduced the young woman to his friends as “the autistic lesbian” and himself as, “the only one who could turn her straight.” Despite the victim being a lesbian, despite her having said “no”, and despite the judge explicitly stating that Frazer abused a vulnerable teenager for his ‘own sexual gratification’, he cleared him of sexually assaulting her.
A source close to the victim’s family have told Listening 2 Lesbians that the young woman is, “gutted at the verdict” and that “it took everything she had to go to the police in the first instance.” The source also shared that the Ardrossan RFC have not given any support to the victim or her family, and have not condemned the actions of one of their members.
We are asking all of our sisters and our allies to join us in demanding that Ardrossan RFC make a statement condemning the sexual abuse Innes Frazer enacted on his victim and remove him from any association with the club. We also demand that Ardrossan RFC prioritize the exposure of rape culture, including corrective rape culture, within its organization, and make appropriate steps to address and eradicate all forms of violence against women perpetrated by its members.
Please join us in contacting Ardrossan RFC on Twitter and Facebook:
@ArdrossanRFC (Twitter)
#CondemnRapeCultureArdrossanRFC
@ArdrossanRugby (Facebook)
Sources:
Listening to Lesbians 