Need legal advise in Michigan

In November, my 21-year-old daughter was beaten and raped by a local bartender that works at a family bowling alley that has a bar/lounge in the front of the building. After the rape she walked home (over 10 miles). It took me almost two weeks to get it out of her as to what had happened. When she finally let me know I asked her if she still had her underwear and she did. We took the underwear to the State Police and file a complaint. The man has dodged the police, even to the point of moving (less than 1 mile from our house). At this point the police have turned the DNA evidence and case over to the prosecuting attorneys. The establishment where the man works is a place where my family goes all the time. We bowl and go to their Kareoke. Ever since we went to the police, the rapist has told the people who work there that my daughter is lying and they believe him. That's fine and dandy, everyone has a right to their opinion, however, they have now targeted my family and me ever since. These are just a few of the incidents that have happened:

1. My daughter had worked for them for a couple of weeks before this incident had happened. My daughter was turning 21 in December and had advised them on numerous occasions that she would be celebrating her birthday at this establishment. (My daughter has been the victim of child rape and now she had been raped as an adult. She made the decision that she was not going to let this guy stop her from what she like to do. He was a bartender in the front bar and she liked to sing kareoke in the back bar. I have always told my daughter to not let these people win.) I also kept going there never letting on that anything was amiss. My attitude is that I'm not going to let some scumbag dictate where and when I go anywhere, besides we have the upper hand, we've already talked to the police. On my daughter's birthday, my husband bought our daughter her first drink. She had drunk about half of it when the female bartender, who worked with my daughter, asked her for her ID. They then refused to serve her because she didn't have any ID (my daughter does not drive and had misplaced her state ID, which they should have a copy on file due to the fact she worked there). They all knew she was 21. I can let this one slide because they have the right not to serve you if you don't have ID

2. My husband was bowling on a Wednesday night when my daughter again had come up and Dan walked in the bar and asked the female bartender if our daughter could buy a drink. The bartender told my husband that they couldn't serve her because she didn't have an ID. My husband then turned to my daughter and stated that there was nothing he could do because she didn't have ID and then went back to bowl. The bartender ran in back and called the owner telling him that my husband had just cussed her out. The owner then called my husband and told him that if he couldn't control his family that he was going to be barred from the establishment. My husband told the owner to come on with it and we would have a lawyer on his front doorstep because both of our daughters are over 21 and we as parents are not responsible for them or their actions (which they hadn't done anything wrong anyway - except getting raped by one of his employees).

3. My 40th birthday was on January 20th. The previous Sunday my husband had arranged with the owner to have a surprise birthday party for me in the front bar of the establishment. On the day of my birthday at approximately 3:30 p.m. I received a call from a women at the establishment stating that "I know that your having a lot of people coming in tonight, however, I messed up in booking and there is going to be a large non-drinking party plus a party for the owner. You can get into the small bar after 9 p.m. and then you can move to the big bar after 10 p.m." I told the woman that I believed that she was talking to the wrong person. She stated that she only knew my number and that's why she called. It was a surprise party for God sake and she did it with malice and forethought. I then called my daughter who was helping my husband plan for this party and informed her to call the women. When my daughter called they told her that we couldn't get into either bar until after 10 p.m. Then the owner's girlfriend called her and said that we couldn't have the party there because there wasn't going to be enough room. My daughter then had to call all 30 of the people who were coming to my "surprise" party and tell them that it was in a different place.

4. Five days after my birthday I went to the establishment to sing a little bit of kareoke. I had bought two drinks the whole time that I was there (the reason I know this is because my drink costs $3.50, I always tip the bartender $1 and that leaves me with $.50. I count how many quarters I have and I know how many drinks I've had). As I was sitting at the bar there was a young man sitting next to me that stated "Man I can't believe they're serving me and I'm not even 18". I never let my children drink illegally and I couldn't believe this guy was saying this. I stated to him, "Not very smart telling someone that seeing some people might be the police". He then stated "so what are you the police?" I then stated "no but I do know them"(I'm an executive secretary to the city manager in the city where I reside and I do know them, all of them.). He then stated "Well then report me". So I did. I went to the front counter where two of the employees were standing and stated the following: "There is a guy sitting at the bar bragging to me that he is under 18 and getting served, you might want to ID him". I was then told that when they ID him and he's not under 21 that I was cut off. I was cut off for letting them know that someone was stating that they were under age and being allowed to drink. This is ridiculous. It had been a set up. When I asked the young man why he had lied to me he acted as if he didn't know what I was talking about and called me a drunk! I had TWO drinks.

My family and I are fed up with the abuse that we get from this establishment and yes we don't have to go there. However, my daughter was a victim of an employee of that establishment and this family has went to that establishment for the past 15 years without incident. Now that we are going after a sexual predator certain employees of this establishment are targeting us and to be honest with you this is not right and I know that there has to be some legal recourse. However, due to my career, I have to make sure that I take all steps correctly. I have not slandered or libeled this organization, however, I feel that they have slandered and harassed my family and me and this has got to stop. The man should be arrested soon. Please advise me on what to do.

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

My response:

Please help us to help you. It appears that your post is quite lengthy. Since we want to help you, it would be appreciated, and in your interest, if you could re-write your post to shorten its length.

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Thanks,
IAAL

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