A prominent winemaker has been named in court documents connected to an alleged sexual assault of a migrant worker in the Okanagan.
According to a warrant application obtained by Penticton Western B次元官网网址, Randhir B次元官网网址淩andyB次元官网网址 Toor, owner of Desert Hills Winery in Oliver, is under investigation for an incident at a cabin at Baldy Mountain. As of Jan. 18, Toor has not been charged and the allegations have not been tested in court.
In January, RCMP called on any other potential victims to step forward, without naming Toor but stating that there had been claims made against a B次元官网网址淏次元官网网址
Any victims or others with any information about the allegations were asked to contact the Oliver RCMP investigators, with Spanish-speaking translators available, police said at the time.
The Lower Similkameen Community Services Society in Keremeos also encouraged migrant workers in the community to contact them through their seasonal workers program if they have information to share.
The allegations against Toor, which have not produced any formal charges approved by Crown prosecution, come from a worker employed at a Cawston farm owned by Toor.
The worker, along with two friends, had been picked up from Osoyoos on Dec. 2, and had been driven by Toor to his cabin at Mt. Baldy, according to the warrant application.
The four allegedly had dinner, drank alcohol and spent time in the hot tub before the complainant went to bed. According to the warrant, she woke up to sore genitals, a sore breast and confused memories of being sexually assaulted.
The complainant spoke with her friends the next day about the incident and then approached the farmB次元官网网址檚 facilitator when they returned to Cawston, who drove them to Penticton Regional Hospital for a sexual assault kit testing.
The warrant sought to search the property at Mt. Baldy for bodily substances, bedding and any contraceptive evidence.
ToorB次元官网网址檚 lawyer, Vincent Michaels, confirmed the investigation in an emailed statement to Penticton Western B次元官网网址.
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