Music festivals react to push for improved safety measures for women
TORONTO — Natasha Penner was in the midst of celebrating her 30th birthday at a West Coast music festival when she accepted a drink from a newfound friend.
She felt after spending most of the day with him they had established some trust. But after she took a few sips, everything became a blur.
“I woke up 10 hours later naked in his tent,” she recalls of the 2014 incident. “I was definitely drugged.”
Still disoriented and confused, Penner was told by the man to leave his tent. Upon examining herself, she says she found signs she was raped.