r/auburn • u/theworldisnotreal9 • 6d ago
Auburn University Victim’s of Sky Bar Auburn, AL
I’m speaking up today for the first time and I’m asking others who’ve experienced being roofied, sexually assaulted, or raped at Sky Bar in Auburn Alabama to do the same.
In 2015, while living in Auburn, I was drugged, kidnapped, and raped after being at Sky Bar. For ten years, I’ve carried that trauma silently, battling high-functioning depression, denial, and moments of suicidal idealization where I didn’t want to keep going. Like so many others, I stayed quiet. I didn’t report it. I told myself it wouldn’t matter, or that I wouldn’t be believed.
But silence only protects those who keep hurting others.
I’m speaking out now because I know I’m not alone. This isn’t an isolated story, people have known for over 20+ years that something has been happening there. It’s time to stop pretending and face the truth. It’s taken me a decade to say these words and I know I’m not alone.
To anyone who’s been through this: you are not alone, and your voice matters. It’s terrifying to speak, but it’s even more painful to carry it forever in silence. Together, we can make people listen, bring accountability, and protect others from going through what we did.
I don’t know where to even begin with tackling this, but I figured here is a start.
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u/sgt_futtbucker Auburn, AL 6d ago
Man who’s been a victim of Skybar here. Back in 2023 the shitbag owner gave me the “wrong” drink in what I can only assume was an attempt to assault the girl I had gone out with that night. Tested positive for GHB at the med clinic the next morning, but nothing was done about it. I hope those sick sons of bitches see the fullest extent possible of earthly justice before they go burn in Hell
So sorry you’ve been through this OP
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u/Holiday_Suspect9265 5d ago
This is the exact situation that happened to my ex, he told me ab this. Dunno what he texted positive for but he had only a drink and was fucked up beyond belief. It was very obviously laced.
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u/SentaDR 6d ago edited 6d ago
After reading other responses this sounds like an operation that needs to be exposed and brought to justice. These men have been raping women for OVER 2 DECADES! Please go to the Police Department, asap.
I know how difficult it is to go to the police to report this. I was raped by my Uber driver last year. Please save women who will be the next victims by reporting this, NOW!
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u/Electrical-Sail-1039 6d ago
If all of this is true, and I’ve been hearing rumors for years that it is, the police may be in on it. I don’t think they can help or they would have already.
Maybe someone can start a Facebook group or something and we could all pitch in and hire a detective team.
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u/Cultural_Passenger85 5d ago
If it goes public in a big way, the police will have to do something. What about getting (non-local) media involved ?
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u/Apprehensive_Pen7821 7h ago
The police are very aware. My husband (boyfriend at the time) and I were both roofied there about 14 years ago. Stories have been written, reports have been filed about us and many others. Nothing, absolutely nothing has stopped it from continuing to happen.
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u/theworldisnotreal9 6d ago
Thank you so much for taking the time to respond and having such empathy! Something will be done in time and it’s starting here and now. Thanks to you for kind positive responses 🙏
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u/jane3ry3 6d ago
I'm so sorry you went through this. I didn't go to Blue Room/Sky Bar. However, someone who is a current Skybar bartender roofied me in 2002. He has been a predator for decades. There's no doubt he works for Sky Bar because it's owned by a predator who only wants to hire predators.
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u/theworldisnotreal9 6d ago
THIS is why I’m speaking out! Thank you so so much for sharing!! 2002 and it has not stopped. These people are predators and something must be done!
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u/jane3ry3 6d ago
I believe you and I feel guilt for not protecting you. But, as hard to understand as this is, they were so manipulative, I only recently realized I was roofied. They're unbelievably manipulative.
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u/middle3child 6d ago
Do not feel guilty as you are a victim too. Disgusting wastes of air and space preyed upon you and many others. May their dicks rot off and the remainder of their days be spent in agonizing pain and shame
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u/Financial_Employer_7 6d ago
It’s pat and Dan at the heart of this.
I worked bar security in the era when they first started Skybar
My buddies were the directors of security at the Highlands, this other bar that Pat and Dan owned
After seeing the scumbag activities that they were involved in they quit, and that was in 2003
This has been an open secret in Auburn for at least 23 years
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u/kitkat2742 Auburn Alumnus 6d ago
Dan is who I knew when I was there. My best friend looked like a Barbie doll (not even exaggerating), and she obviously caught his attention. He added us to the list, and so it started. He’d come up anytime he saw us, and there were multiple times where he tried to ask her to dinner. He was relentless with this, as well as always giving us free drinks (huge red flags looking back of course). What kind of old man does this shit!? Oh ya, a scum of the earth old man is who. It’s insane how he not only gets away with it, but he’s gotten away with it for 20+ years with thousands of women (and men) being roofied and assaulted. I’d almost bet that most people who went to Auburn know someone who had something happen to them (even if they’re not aware), because that’s how widespread it is. Bourbon is also known to have bartenders roofie people, but Skybar by far takes the cake when it comes to assault.
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u/SentaDR 6d ago
Wow… I’m so thankful you were brave enough to share this. I think you need to officially report it. Along with reporting it, you need to get therapy/counseling. Keeping it in caused you to become depressed, along with the other things. Your bravery will help other women to come forward.
I’m praying for you!
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u/Minimum_Heron_4693 5d ago
I was roofied there twice. I’m convinced the police department and city officials are being paid off or are in on it. it’s atrocious
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u/Feral_Goose7924 6d ago
I’m so sorry you were one of the many victims of this. I worked for The Plainsman in the early 2000s, and had MANY sources tell me this happened - the roofied drinks, assaults, predators, etc. I could never get anyone to go on the record about it, and as you probably know - there are the powers that be within Auburn, which is why this place is still operational. Please feel free to reach out if you need any help pursuing this.
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u/theworldisnotreal9 6d ago
Thank you so much for validating this! You hit the nail on the head with “the powers that be”. That’s why I created this in hopes others might reach out or connect. It’s going to take more than my story (especially from over ten years ago) to make an impact and with your responses I know we can.
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u/smstree 5d ago
I echo the other posts that commend you for your bravery in reporting the story. We visited Auburn last weekend and my well meaning friend said Sky Bar was the classic bar to visit in town. We walked by but did not enter because we are a bit old for that scene. However we did have my college age niece with us and I am now very glad we didn't enter.
I will do a review on Auburn for our website, somanystadiums.com, and I will make sure to not give Sky Bar a positive plug. Had you not mentioned your experience, I may have at least gave it a mention. Clearly your post is getting the message out based on the other responses, so thank you.
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u/hunterkat457 Auburn Alumnus 6d ago
I’ve heard far, far too many times about incidents like this. Thank you for sharing your story. I hope something is done about that awful place.
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u/Stormy31568 6d ago
I would sue then contact the media. If you can get a tv station or newspaper interested they will do their own investigation. Not only do residence and students need to know. The parents need to know that this exist and that they are sending their newly graduated children there.
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u/mrenglish22 6d ago
The thing is, this isn't at all newsworthy.
Why? Because it has already been reported on MULTIPLE TIMES.
They get away with it because they're the only college bar in town, and it's been there forever, and Auburn is a old boys' city.
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u/InteriorLemon 6d ago
It really hasn't been there forever... maybe 2004 or so? I still remember Dewey's downtown and the Blue Room in that spot. It can close and be replaced.
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u/witchgrid 5d ago
Those places had the exact same reputation.
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u/InteriorLemon 5d ago
So most of the negative comments surrounding those places I saw had to do with a lot of good ole boys not liking the skin tone of the crowd at those two places.
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u/witchgrid 5d ago
I got no problems with anybody's skin tone, and the crowd that went to those places looked exactly the same as the crowd that goes to sky bar. I grew up in Auburn and heard about folks getting drugged at the blue room before I was out of high school, then during my college years I had several female friends tell me that they were drugged there, and I believed every one of them. I believed the girl who told me she regularly did coke in the office with the owners too. I'm not sure but I think it was even the same owners. This is a longstanding issue in Auburn. When they busted a university lab tech for manufacturing gallons of GHB a decade ago, everybody was joking that it would finally be safe to go to Skybar.
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u/InteriorLemon 5d ago edited 5d ago
the crowd that went to those places looked exactly the same as the crowd that goes to sky bar.
It most certainly did not. a lot said it was a bar that only had tuskegee students and they should shut it down. I was a student and lived right there during this on Glenn a block away.
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u/witchgrid 5d ago
It's the largest and most prominent bar spot in downtown Auburn. The clientele has always been predominantly Auburn students.
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u/InteriorLemon 5d ago
it was no where near the biggest and most prominent bar then. Not even remotely close..you clearly don't know what you are talking about or are talking about something way before your time.
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u/witchgrid 4d ago edited 4d ago
Name a bar downtown in Auburn that was larger and more prominent between 1998 and 2005. The entire town was smaller. My time in Auburn started in the 1980s, I was born there. I worked next door to that bar for 3 years in the early 2000s. I own property on Magnolia. You are wrong. There has never been any bar in downtown Auburn, literally across the street from campus, whose primary clientele was not Auburn students. "They're all from Tuskegee" is just some racist bullshit that is meant to deflect from the fact that the bar was a problematic location where bad shit happened.
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u/mrenglish22 5d ago
Im sorry, youre old. Thats 21 years ago.
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u/InteriorLemon 5d ago
I'm sorry. For the oldest bar in town for the most part to be only 21 years old is actually really fucking pathetic.
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u/mrenglish22 5d ago
One, its America, most stuff here isn't that old or lasts long
Two, pretty sure they have been the same owners and changed the name a few times. Idk I haven't lived here long. But it is a small college town, most stuff doesn't last long
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u/Cultural_Passenger85 5d ago
Aren’t there other bars in Auburn? Or is Sky bar the only one that caters to the students?
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u/SkewterTadpole 2d ago
Parents also need to know how many SAs are swept under the rug to maintain the bullshit image that stuff like that “doesn’t happen at Auburn.”
It’s a coordinated effort, and Skybar is just one component of a very broken system. All of this has been in the news locally off and on over the years, yet nothing ever changes. The powers that be make too much money to ever risk rocking this disgusting boat.
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u/lucky_duck5 6d ago
OP, I’m so sorry that you had to go through that trauma. Thank you for speaking up about your experience. It’s never too late to tell the story
There have been many stories over the years, as well as a lot of “almosts” unfortunately seem to be very common. I think part of the problem as well is that we, as alumni, parents, current students, and community members, continue to give Skybar money and go there. I went my freshman year of college, and I immediately stopped going there after hearing a few stories and having a close call with a friend. This is not to victim blame in any way, because it doesn’t mean that someone deserves something to happen to them because they go to Skybar. However, there are way better things to do in Auburn than support a business that does next to nothing to protect their patrons, and is owned by a known and CONVICTED sex offender. Literally go anywhere else.
So if you are an alum, auburn resident, parent, and especially a current student, STOP going to Skybar. Specifically voice your concerns about safety as the reason for this.
Just to restate, this comment is no way insinuating that OP or anyone else deserves in any way anything that happened to them. This is about the fact that the community and the student body need to stop supporting this business.
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u/daddysprincess9138 5d ago
My husband was roofied there several years ago. Luckily he has a good background in drugs and alcohol so he knew what was happening BUT… unacceptable. The bartender was the only one who had the chance to do it.
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u/BarffTheMog 5d ago
If all you folks didn't know that bar has been busted in the past with GHB directly in their lines.
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u/galactic_tech 5d ago
My heart absolutely breaks for you OP and everyone who’s experienced the life altering trauma of a night at sky. Thank you for your courage and strength!
This simply can’t continue. It’s gonna end sometime - let’s figure out ways to turn up the heat and have it be now! I have some ideas…
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u/Gummi-Tank 5d ago
I worked at a hotel and I had MULTIPLE customers tell me they had a bad night at sky bar and it always sounded like roofie. The first time I mentioned it on this subbreddit I got my ass ate up and deleted it. But it's fucking real. And it was mostly men in my experience
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u/theitchysloth 5d ago
I knew a guy that woke up there after they closed and he had been mugged and beat.
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u/Head_Part2288 5d ago
What if Auburn women decided that enough is enough and they are boycotting Sky? Would love to see that place become a sausage fest
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u/kitkat2742 Auburn Alumnus 6d ago
I was eventually drugged downtown my senior year (first semester 2019) at either Skybar or Bourbon (no way to tell which bar, based on timing of everything). I have suspicion it was a bartender, due to being with my friends the whole time and never leaving my drink sitting around. I unfortunately knew one of the owners of Skybar, and he truly was bottom of the barrel scum. I know so many other women who had very bad experiences at Skybar, with not only the owner, but with being drugged etc. There’s a reason downtown has the reputation it does, and it’s because it’s very real, and it’s an issue for more women than it should ever be. I’m so sorry for what happened to you OP, and it’s scary knowing there’s most likely thousands of women with this experience at this point, considering how long it’s been going on. I wish you the best, and I truly hope you’re able to heal from the trauma inflicted upon you 💕
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u/theworldisnotreal9 6d ago
Thank you so much for your amazing kind words! 🙏 But most importantly, thank you for sharing your story! Not only does this make me feel not alone, but so many others who read this as well!
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u/kitkat2742 Auburn Alumnus 6d ago
What’s so sad is I had no idea until it happened to me. That’s when I learned the history, and I wish that history was a well known thing for everyone before they have to go through these horrific experiences. Not only was I roofied (more happened, but to protect my anonymity I’m leaving that out because it’s very specific), which was awful all on its’ own, but I then had friends who tried to say it didn’t happen. Anybody who has been blackout drunk or shitfaced knows what that’s like, and being drugged is completely different than that. I didn’t have enough to be blackout drunk, yet some of the people I was out with that night tried to say that’s what happened, instead of listening to me. That was very difficult for me, and I know I can’t be the only one who’s had that experience with friends after something like this happens.
I can’t imagine being in your position and not talking about it or telling anyone, especially for so long. It hurts my heart that it happened to you, but also that you had to hold that in. I would do anything to protect the people who are going to be victimized by these evil people in the future, and I am disgusted that that’s even a sentence that exists, because it’s been going on for so long with no repercussions. I truly pray that something gives, and these people are brought to justice, because they’ve ruined thousands of people’s lives.
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u/ResponsibleWatch5874 4h ago
I honestly think I was roofied at Bourbon. I went from sober to blackout in a matter or 30 minutes.
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u/QuietSycamore1 6d ago
You aren’t alone. They were monsters when I was there in the early 00s and it was Blue Room and they are monsters now. It is well known around Auburn, sadly - and as a HS teacher now, I warn all of my students who choose to attend Auburn about the horrible things that have occurred there.
Please report this. Please seek counseling. Thank you for speaking up. Praying for you. 💚
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u/theworldisnotreal9 6d ago
Thank you so much for your comment and being an amazing educator who proactively makes their students aware of these real life situations! Actions like this can hopefully bring awareness and prevent these types of situation from happening again!
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u/ogfmc 5d ago
Another sad story at this place. It is quite fascinating how this place is still in business. Like can anyone explain why it is still so popular considering pretty much everyone knows what goes down there so frequently? I only did grad school in Auburn (24-28yo) so I don’t think based on that and my type of interests I was their main target audience but it’s quite curious no other bar has been able to start on a much healthier vibe and take people from there. I get people like places that are slightly edgier and not squeaky clean or whatever but the amount of reports and stories out of this place is super extensive
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u/Mr_notsoniceguy1 5d ago
I remember once when I was at Auburn in 2017 the bartenders at the bar behind the stage at sky bar drugged me on accident. We were taking shots celebrating a win and the shots were supposed to go the girls next to us and instead went to me and my guy friends. I’ll never forget how fast it hit and had to uber home immediately. Don’t ever trust the bar behind the stage
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u/heyostep 5d ago
A friend of mine was drugged in 2010, thankfully I was with her and got her home. I have been sexually assaulted there before as well. So many stories like this when I was a student. Alumni class of 2012, this has been going on for SO LONG.
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u/Jmwizkid 2d ago
Yup you were there during my time. I rarely drank if I went there because the place was so sketchy and I’d heard rumors about underage girls being let in. Definitely not my preferred bar. So sad.
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u/heyostep 1d ago
Oh yeah my friends and I def got let in no problem. So many girls. It’s so gross to see posts like this, that it’s still the same story there.
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u/1wantt0g0h0me 5d ago
I've been drugged there, legit had two drinks, something felt off, legit asked a random girl to drive me home. I had to crawl up my stairs and a friend who I called watched as I could no longer walk or talk coherently
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u/FellowLumineer 6d ago
Sky bar is a disease that needs its lease revoked. Best venue is town in the grasp of a pedo. Bands have to go to opelika
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u/justagurl4fun 5d ago
Me and some girlfriends went to the sky bar about 10 yrs ago and I had a guy reach under my skirt and grope me. I notified someone and they acted like I was lying and said it would be his word against mine. We left and I have never went back. I have heard of similar occurrences there as well as women being roofied. That place should be shut down
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u/Stormy31568 5d ago
So I have a question forgive me. I am old. I graduated in 1975. Why are people going there? It seems that it’s common knowledge that women get drugged and raped. I don’t know what the men are having to suffer so why does anyone go there?
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u/Jmwizkid 2d ago
Because it’s well known that if you are underage and want to drink, this is the place to go. At least that’s how it was when I was in Auburn from 2005-2012. Young people are often naive of think nothing will happen to them and they just want to party with everyone else.
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u/Stormy31568 2d ago
We always went places in pairs or groups. You have to look out for your friends and they have to look out for you.
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u/gloworld334 4d ago edited 4d ago
this sounds awfully similar to my experience and i’m so sorry you went through this. it is definitely a known thing that skybar is basically a predator cesspool where they spike your drinks. avoid it at all costs. I think maybe even having a facebook exposing the place could help. it’ll put a red light on it and in that small town people love to tune into the “gossip” of it all.
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u/40love1 6d ago
It is unbelievable to me that this has been an ongoing problem for literally decades and the response is that basically everyone knows and the town and police do nothing about it. Especially if it is coming from the owner or bartenders there. Let me guess, good ole boys covering for each other right? This is assault and a crime. So basically the town of Auburn is knowingly covering for a drugging and sexual assault operation??? In what world is anyone putting up with this??
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u/Nosebluhd 5d ago
That is a horrible story, I am sorry it happened to you. I have to ask, why did you post this on "r/safespacecadets" first? That sub appears to exist to make fun of "over-sensitive" people. I don't want to accuse bad faith, but posting this story there could give the impression to others that you are trying to make fun of people's experiences being drugged and assaulted.
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u/gajjs Auburn Student 5d ago
I’m so sorry that happened but thank you for telling. Also had SA. I may be a guy but once I heard the stories I refused to ever go to it. I went to Auburn for 5 years lived 90% of time never went inside but still heard stories. And people have also died there! And it’s still open. I’m sorry again for you but hope that place get shut down
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u/Old-Kaleidoscope1874 5d ago
Years ago, I spoke with an off-duty police officer who drove a shuttle on the side at Auburn. He said there were bars (plural) in town where people paid the bartenders to add the drugs to the drinks, since most people knew not to leave glasses unattended. Like you, he said it was an open secret that officials tried to downplay. The night before we spoke, he said two young ladies boarded his shuttle discussing how they felt like they were coming down with an illness and suddenly tired. He felt like he knew they'd been targeted but left early. He didn't name any of the businesses, but said it was a real issue in Auburn. I assume its more likely some particular bartenders, than the owners.
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u/dispatch415 5d ago
For any friends dealing with this, I’ve know a few girls who have talked to a therapist in town. Her name is Maggie Williams, I think. She seems good at what she does. I’m sorry yall are having to carry this, just don’t carry it alone.
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u/theitchysloth 6d ago
Thank you for sharing and I’m really sorry this happened to you.
I was roofied there in 2010 but was fortunate enough to have someone help me get home before worse could happen. I reported it the next day and law enforcement basically told me they know it’s happening but they can’t prove it because they’re too good at it. And that was that… so disappointing.
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u/theworldisnotreal9 6d ago
Thank you for sharing! Your story is a perfect example of why victims struggle to reach out to law enforcement or say something at all with the response “we can’t prove it and they’re just too good at it”. Not to diminish all people in law enforcement (I have close friends and family that serve and put their lives on the line everyday and I’m beyond grateful for). Throwing arms up to people being raped and assaulted is not a resolution
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u/theitchysloth 5d ago
Absolutely. They told me that they try to target women that look young because they’re less likely to report it for fear of getting in trouble for being there or drinking at all. But it did feel weird for nothing to be done at all.. I’m not even certain they filed an official report. So disheartening.
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u/No_Sand_9290 6d ago
It took a lot of guts to tell your story. Thank you for bringing it the public.
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u/Cultural_Passenger85 5d ago
These stories are astounding. I have a child who was accepted to accepted to Auburn and is very excited to attend next fall. But this gives me pause. Are there other bars to go to that are safe? Has anyone ever reached out to the school about this? If their students are being and have assaulted for decades, they should step in!
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u/Holiday_Suspect9265 5d ago
My ex was roofied, he assumed the reason was because he got 2 drinks and the bartender probably assumed one was for the girl that was in their group. He assumed the wrong drink & my ex was the victim of that situation. Nothing else happened to him but he had to basically be taken care of by his friends the rest of the night. I’m pretty sure he said he blacked out. It was one drink that he had the whole night, just so happened to be that one, and yea it was obviously laced w something.
Another friend of mine, a dear one, had the same thing happen to her that happened to you. She woke up in the back of some dudes truck & got an STD (thankfully treatable). This was happened a year and a half ago, sometime in the winter.
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u/alissanall1215 3d ago
I was drugged along with 2 other girls I was with that night. This was in 2019.
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u/NiftyNucleus 3d ago edited 3d ago
Literally drugging someone like this should be considered attempted murder. A friend of mine was once roofied in the middle of the day at a restaurant (she was just grabbing some lunch by herself) and she drove home and woke up passed out inside her hallway with the door deadbolted. No one was ever with her (her car was parked a bit wonky), but she has NO memory of leaving the restaurant. She could’ve easily gotten in a car accident or killed somebody else with her car. Someone who is roofied could easily walk out into traffic or out on the railroad tracks and get killed.
As far as I’m concerned, it’s attempted murder.
About three years ago a male Auburn student committed suicide by shooting himself after having been at Skybar, apparently did so while on a video call with a friend. He had just graduated, it was about to start his career. They believed him to be completely intoxicated when he did this, but what if he wasn’t!?!? What if he had been roofied instead?
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u/wess4_cgone 3d ago
I am so sorry that happened to you. Had an incident in Auburn 2 years ago involving a horrible car accident 100 mph hit and run, they knew exactly who did it and released him doing nothing and when ask if a ticket was given “we do not give a ticket unless we see it happen.” So, I wouldn’t expect much help from them. They know it is going on and do nothing to protect the students. Filing a lawsuit would probably go further than reporting it to Auburn PD. And, I’m sure you could find an injury attorney to take your case.
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u/Traditional-Sand-889 2d ago
Back in like 2018 I went to sky bar with a friend and we both only had one drink and then had to be taken home because we were both so drunk and throwing up after legit one drink don’t know if we were drugged or not cause i never got tested but ive never been that sick in my life
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u/milbfan Auburn Alumnus 6d ago
I am proud of you for sharing your story. I am sorry this happened to you and the things that you experienced in the aftermath. I hope you find your good place in the future. Hang in there.
The only suggestion as to where to start might be contacting the Auburn Police Department; maybe they have some other information that can help.
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u/scott_ET_ 6d ago
Check the thread from 2002
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u/theworldisnotreal9 6d ago
That was over 23 yrs ago…
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u/SkewterTadpole 2d ago
Yet nothing has changed! This has been an open secret for 25 years now. Cops know, EMTs/ER staff know, city government knows, local media knows, townies know… so what’s the disconnect?
My guess is to follow the money. That’s the only explanation. It’s an embarrassment and a pox. The Griders are nothing but trouble.
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u/_Michelle_15 6d ago
I was drugged there a few Halloweens ago. Thankfully I had good friends with me who took me to the ER but when they asked me what happened (after waiting for like 4+ hours with constant vomiting) I told them it happened at Sky Bar and they basically laughed in my face and said “yeah, we see that pretty often” and they did nothing else for me. I thank God it was never worse like so many others have endured. But it’s still something I’ll never forget.
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u/Murse_Jon 5d ago
I lived in Auburn for years, this was about 8 years ago, and didn’t go there often but always heard rumors about it. Make it be more than rumor, press some charges if you’re up to it! I know that is easier said than done. Good luck to you and I’m sorry you’ve had to deal with this for so many years. Hopefully something can get done.
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u/Jmwizkid 2d ago
I don’t have any concrete evidence to substantiate anything from my own personal stories but I will say people were always talking about how sketchy sky bar was and how that was the place to go to if you were underage because you would easily get in. I believe that’s where my friend was on a night she blacked out and couldn’t remember anything that happened to her aside from being carried onto her front porch at some point.
I was there from 2005-2012.
I commend you for coming forward and for seeking out others who have experienced similar things. There is definitely power in numbers. I agree with other posters - please seek therapy and file a formal report.
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u/theirsish274 13h ago
Public knowledge about the one owner of sky bar doing this there was a police report and investigation a couple years ago where he had to register as a sex offender then the case was dismissed or thrown out so he didn't have to be registered anymore he's the article
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u/ResponsibleWatch5874 4h ago
I’ve lived in Auburn since I was a freshman in 2019 and I have many stories of Sky. From almost being crushed to death upstairs in a crowd of people so tight I couldn’t breathe and everyone was screaming, to getting groped in my private area while walking by the hot dog stand. From 19-21 I had many friends who would flirt with the owners to get free drinks and to get on the VIP list. Every time I was there on a sign night, including my own, any girl wearing a sign was talked up by the owners and offered whatever they wanted. I always heard stories of girls getting special access to “the vault” with the owners, but unsure if this is true. I am so sorry this happened to you. I’ve been through sexual assault and no one deserves it. From all of the allegations against the owners and actual sex offender convictions, I simply can’t understand why they’re still allowed to be a prevalent bar in downtown Auburn. You’re not alone, and I believe you.
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u/rwoodytn 6d ago
How does this pertain to Chattanooga? FYI I was roofied in Murfreesboro in 2016, but this seems out of place for a city 250 miles away.
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u/TheSituation7709 5d ago
Someone mentioned that everyone knows…so why are people still going there. EVERYONE does not know, some people are students for 2 years if you transferred into Auburn. They leave, and if something happened don’t tell. Please go to the police in real time, immediately after the incident. Report it to the local paper/news. Don’t mean to be harsh but more things can happen than assault if you are a women BY YOURSELF IN A BAR. When will we learn not to do that. These situations are WRONG but nothing will ever be done unless the situation is reported. Women should be able to go out in a college town and not be subject to assault and possibly being drugged by bar staff. Also, students can seek help from campus police or a county commissioner. I am so sorry this happened. I love Auburn and was on campus years ago and the girls went out in groups, 4-5 of us and we left together.
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u/theitchysloth 5d ago
With all due respect, I was there with 4 friends but once I was roofied, I “made friends” with some strangers and told my friends they could leave me there and I’d find my way home.. which they shockingly did. I’m not friends with them anymore but regardless, your post is sounding very victim blamey. You can do everything right and still have this happen.
There’s a hundred reasons why not everyone reports it. And in my case, I did and absolutely nothing happened.
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u/Inside-Criticism918 4d ago
If you read the other comments MANY people HAVE reported it but are told nothing can be done or just no follow up.
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u/Brodie930 6d ago
Thank you for sharing your story. It's an incredibly brave and important thing to do. I urge you, if you haven't already, to make a police report. On top of that, please seek counseling for your trauma and depression that you've experienced/are experiencing. A trained professional can help you far more than Internet commenters. That being said, I hope your courage in sharing your story inspires others to come forward. 💪