Texas woman says she was raped at hotel during Mardi Gras, but detectives ignored her case
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A woman says she was raped in New Orleans during Mardi Gras festivities in a case among scores that the city's police department failed to properly investigate.
The department is reeling from a city inspector general's report that found five detectives mishandled more than 1,000 sex crimes and child abuse cases between 2011 and 2013.
Standing in front of a police station, the woman, accompanied by her husband and high-profile lawyer Gloria Allred, described being raped by a security guard at a New Orleans hotel this year. She says one of the five detectives now under investigation closed her case after determining the sex was consensual.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Associated Press does not identify alleged victims of sexual assault and is not naming the woman, who is from Texas.