‘I was sexually assaulted in a cupboard at Wales’ rugby stadium’: Victim says she was subject to two attacks by colleague… as CEO issues apology after bombshell comes in wake of damning sexism report at Welsh union

A former Welsh Rugby Union employee has said she was sexually assaulted by a colleague in a cupboard at Principality Stadium and has described the devastating impact it has had on her life.

The news is another bombshell for Wales’ national game at the height of the Six Nations and comes in the wake of a damning report into sexism and misogyny at the WRU which was published last year. The victim says she was subject to two attacks by a co-worker between 2src19 and 2src21.

New WRU chief executive Abi Tierney has issued an apology to the victim, who wishes to remain anonymous. The victim told ITV Wales: ‘He was waiting there in the cupboard in the office. He pulled the door shut and wedged me up against some of the stock and sexually assaulted me. I just froze.

‘I hate myself for it because I didn’t do anything. I was just in shock as he was in my face. From the moment he had done it I just wanted to be invisible. He said he would never do it again.

‘But he came in to collect some post one day when he wasn’t supposed to be in work. He came and found me and said: “You are going to have to come down to the office for a minute.”

‘Stupidly, I went. We got to the office and I thought I am not going to sit down so I stood by the door. As we came out he grabbed my behind.

‘It took me back to the first time straight away. I just froze again.’

The victim did not report the assaults to the police out of fear of not being believed. No police investigat