A Pennsylvania man claims a pair of would-be robbers savagely attacked him at the same Dominican Republic resort where a Delaware mom claims she was savagely beaten.
Robert Walker of New Castle said he was ambushed walking alone back to his room at the Majestic Elegance resort in Punta Cana, news station WPXI reported on Thursday.
He said he had just won big at the luxury property’s casino when two men hit him from behind.
“I just started swinging, I am going nuts, and they fled,” Walker told the news station.
While he was able to escape, Walker said, he suffered a concussion from the beachfront beatdown.
“I go back to my room and my wife looks at the back of my head and I have a knot the size of a baseball and was concussed for a few days,” Walker said.
Walker, however, said he’s “most upset” by the response he got from the resort.
“I told them what happened, it fell on deaf ears,” Walker said, adding that it was his third trip to the resort, where he had enjoyed previous visits.
The alleged incident came around the same time as a Delaware mom’s alleged January assault.
Tammy Lawrence-Daley, 51, of Wilmington, said she was beaten by a man wearing a Majestic Elegance uniform in an hours-long assault. She said she was left with a broken nose, fractured hand, partial hearing loss in her left ear and damage to her mouth.
The married mom claimed the attack occurred after she left her room to get a snack, and like Walker, she was alone.
“I would not travel alone or be out by myself,” Walker said.
A request for comment from the Majestic Elegance resort wasn’t immediately returned.
The incidents come as the Caribbean destination faces a public relations crisis, with reports of several American travelers dying at resorts and dozens more falling ill.
