SANTA ANA, Calif. (April 22) – Former Olympic ice dancer Pasha Grishuk was drugged with GHB, a common date rape drug, during a business meeting at a ritzy Orange County hotel, a sheriff’s spokesman said Tuesday.
Grishuk, who won Olympic gold medals for Russia in ice dancing in 1994 and 1998, was attending a business meeting at the St. Regis Monarch Beach on April 12, when she began to feel ill and numb, sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino said.
Amormino says toxicology tests that came back Tuesday were positive for GHB, but it wasn’t immediately clear how the pills got in Grishuk’s drinks or who put them there.
“How somebody was able to do that, I honestly don’t know, but it appears that somebody, for whatever reason, attempted to drug her,” he said.
This happens more often than is reported in the news. Many women who go to clubs, house parties or go on vacation have been drugged as well as raped and they are too embarrassed to report it to the authorities. Some women I’m sure have even died for simply meeting the wrong person or persons. Natalie Holloway comes to mind. Whatever the truth is in her case the young gal lost her life and that’s tragic. When she went to Aruba I’m sure she never conceived of the evil that was about to kill her or leave her to die.
Somehow the victim blames herself for trusting someone she barely knew or putting her self in a situation where she should have known better. Maybe alcohol was involved and since that can cloud anyone’s judgment the women can be unclear of the events leading up to the crime. Last I heard drugging someone with the intent or follow through of raping them is a crime punishable by law. Look at that Luster creep they apprehended in Mexico. He made a career out of drugging and raping girls and the loon even taped his crimes.
I remember how pissed I was that poor Dog the Bounty hunter, his brother and son were arrested because of how Luster’s capture went down. Give Dog and his family metals for there is one last rapist out in the streets.
Ladies, here are a few tips my gal pals and I adhere to when meeting strangers at a bar, on vacation or from the internet.
Always meet in a public places and order your own drinks. Watch the bartender make them yourselves or bring your own booze if allowed. Have a friend or two have dinner at the same place you are meeting Mr. Wonderful so they can watch his actions when you hit the ladies room. If he has sisters he won’t be offended you are protecting yourself until his actions and background have been proven to be genuine.
Don’t go off with strangers under any circumstances. No matter how sexy he looks or inviting the water looks.
If he is the real deal he will wait a bit before getting into your pants if that is what you both want.
Let’s bring back old fashioned dating. That would be cool instead of the anonymous horizontal mambo.
Get information on your date. My space doesn’t count. Think of yourself as a private investigator. His name, sexy photo and occupation isn’t enough these days. He could be lying. Nor are his buddies’ recommendations worth much unless he is a family friend or relative of a friend. Men can stretch the truth where sex is involved. There are some good and bad in all sexes.
Do you want to treat all potential men as criminals? Heck, no but how do you know someone is safe if they are a stranger? He should go the extra mile to make you feel safe and comfortable. Don’t you think ladies? Being cautious is not being paranoid or ridiculous.
Does he have a traceable work number? Will he give out the name of the company he works for or refuses to divulge any personal information. A cell phone could be one of those untraceable throw away phones. Does he have a landline at home ? If he is reluctant to give it to you then you are reluctant to be alone with him. Is he married? Engaged? A serial killer or just not willing to commit or submit to what he considers an invasion of his privacy? Why is dating so complicated these days?
Remember this gals, it is difficult to drug someone when she is surrounded by her friends or family.
Will dating in numbers or taking precautions take the spontaneity out of dating or meeting new guys? Possibly, but then again it is better to be alive then in a pine box.
Dating these days is deadly in more ways than one. Just keep yourselves save no matter how that works for youïŠ
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