(LONDON, ON) Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Criminal Investigation Unit were contacted last week after a teenage girl was sexually assaulted by another young person in attendance at an after-prom field party. Police discovered that a property owner encouraged teens to pay a fee to camp overnight at an unsupervised field party. Investigators discovered after the fact, that there had been drinking under age taking place and that the incident occurred after the victim had passed out due to intoxication.
The OPP are warning all parents and caregivers of the inherent dangers of attending and/or hosting after-prom parties. Property owners can, and have been held civilly responsible for injuries sustained to persons on their property. Police want to make it very clear that unsupervised after-prom parties and/or field parties” are unsafe environments for anyone. Police are continually called to investigate criminal reports of assault
