WA mine worker distraught as employer, police remain silent on rape claims
A woman who alleges she was over-sedated and sexually assaulted at a Gold Fields mine site last August is still waiting for an update from her employer and police on the investigation into her claims.
Maca Mining employee Bronte Glass has been off work indefinitely and her alleged perpetrators yet to be questioned after claims she was over-sedated with diazepam, sexually assaulted and shipped off the Gold Fields mine site, 1200km north-east of Perth, after developing an allergic reaction to a meal in August.
“If this is an active investigation, let’s get this going,” she told 6PR Mornings host Liam Bartlett, who first raised her issue on 60 Minutes a fortnight ago.
Her attempts to get answers from authorities and her employer have been constantly met with closed doors and allegations she is mentally unstable.
“I’ve done 22 years in mining, only for them to say I’ve got a mental problem because it’s not fitting in with their worker compensation laws, it sucks, it’s absolutely disgusting.
“And then to use my childhood against me, to say that oh because of certain issues in my childhood, that’s the reason I’m mentally unstable in their eyes, one it’s pretty hurtful and two they won’t find what they’re looking for, but the longer they keep it going, I’m going to go bankrupt.
“I didn’t put myself in this situation, the company put me in this situation.”
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