Raquel Rosario Sanchez - Witness statment

On 8 November 2019, Miles Taylor the senior executive assistant to Sarah Purdy wrote to her about my email saying: “How much do you want me to prioritise the shitty email from Raquel and Women Talk Back! lot?” To which Sarah Purdy appeared to take no exception, and replied on the same day: “No need to prioritise that email.”

In the footage that was broadcast, AA was shown attacking women: by trying to detonate a smoke bomb in an enclosed space, by blocking the stairs and refusing to let the speakers enter the venue and by assaulting a feminist speaker while shouting: “I’m not ‘she’, you fucking cunt. My pronouns are ‘they.’

AA instructed lawyers, which they paid for by a crowdfunding page. It falsely stated that the only reason that AA was under investigation was because they had written a letter objecting to the WPUK meeting. The comments on the crowdfunding page contained abusive language such as “I’ll kick TERF folks ass [emojis] fuck TERFs”

Apart from being a litigious special vulnerable snowflake, why is AA anonymous. This is not me asking who it is, just why they are the only person in the whole case who has not been named?

Raquel is absolutely amazing. I am so sorry about everything she's gone through. She's so strong and she shouldn't have had to be.

What a contrast with the violent, screaming toddlers whose "safety" is threatened by their own misogynistic rage & projection issues. In particular "my pronouns are they you fucking cunt" who clearly isn't fit to work anywhere never mind be employed at the place where they executed theys bullying and harassment campaigns.

Everyone named in that document should be sacked, and the one who isn't named too. I'm not sure what the judge can actually do to the UoB; I assume that potential consequences for the perpetrators and enablers fall far short of that. But I hope they get the book thrown at them, and that Raquel gets the vindication and the support that she needs to finish her PhD and move on with her life.

So Bristol shows its concern by rewarding AA with a job? Classy.

I'm heading for Raquel's crowdfuner right now.

The link just sends me back to this thread. Help!

A harrowing read. Sending love, support and solidarity to Raquel x

For the poster concerned about "legalese", it's a witness statement so very little legalese. Simply a harrowing account of a campaign of intimidation and a catalogue of neglect and atrocious behaviour by BU.

My kids are only 4 and 6 and I despair that by the time they are of the age to be considering university, they will have become horrible echo chambers where protection for vulnerable students will dished out to those that make the most noise and who can be most damaging to university's PR image.

I'm an Edinburgh alumni and despair at what has happened there too.

Well, that made harrowing reading. How could they have thought that employing AA was a good idea? And then to invite him to a case management conference? Gaslighting, pure and simple.

Sending strength, courage and wine, Raquel. Oh and I'll go digging in the garden again later, if it is still needed. x

So many failures on BU's part. Truly shocking.

For Raquel

Yes Rhymes it's shocking

AA works for Bristol University now?????

This is pretty shocking reading tbh.

I have just finished reading Raquel's statement.
I am absolutely furious.
As for BU now employing AA - shows their contempt for women.

Why is AA's identity protected in a way that other students are not?

What a nightmare for Raquel. I really hope the case goes well for her.

Best wishes to you Raquel.

Thank you.

Raquel - I am standing with you. I work in the educational sector and will do everything in my power to protect and promote gender critical feminists like you.

Thank you for posting this does sound like an important read but I do not have the energy to read 74 pages of legalese speech right now.
Would someone please do a summary and point me in the direction of helping?

Thanks in advance

@Spero I haven't read it yet (I intend to and I'm glad the case has had coverage in the national media)

BUT the redaction hasn't actually worked I'm afraid. Its still possible to 'see' her address in a couple of seconds if you know how to do it.

My advice would me to redact, screenshot as a picture rather than a word doc and then re-save again as a PDF

I'm half way through. I have been following this on here for a while, but reading it all like this is incredible.
And not in a good way.

Spero you also put the statement on the other thread, can you get her address deleted from that one ?

I can’t tell the time. An hour and a half!