B.C. café owner alleges landlord offered rent reduction for sexual relationship
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A café owner from B.C.'s Lower Mainland has filed a human rights complaint alleging her former landlord tried to pressure her into having a sexual relationship in exchange for reduced rent.
A café owner from B.C.'s Lower Mainland has filed a human rights complaint alleging her former landlord tried to pressure her into having a sexual relationship in exchange for reduced rent.
Jerrica Hacket is the owner of Good Wolf Café, which was operating in Port Coquitlam for two years.
When she went to renew her lease last fall, Hacket alleges she received a shocking offer from her 80-year-old landlord.
“He made a proposition that he would reduce my rent if I got naked in front of him twice a month,” Hacket told CTV News.
The café owner said she was shocked by the proposal and did not provide an answer, scared of the ramifications of her response.
Afterwards she began recording her interactions with the landlord.
She posted video on social media of one such interaction – distorting the landlord’s voice and covering his face – in which she was allegedly offered $200 "every time" she agreed to disrobe. CTV News has watched the unedited, extended version of the recording.
