LONGMONT, Colo. (KDVR) — The Econo Lodge that sits along Interstate 25 is headed to the auction block and not by choice. FOX31 has learned the forcible sale stems from the owners refusing to pay a multi-million-dollar judgment to guests who were nearly killed in one of the hotel rooms.

It was two years ago when hotel staff gave a room key to a woman’s abuser, which led to her and her mother being violently assaulted. The victims filed a civil lawsuit and won with a jury awarding them more than four million dollars. But according to attorney Matthew Haltzman, the hotel owners have not paid anything on the judgment.

“The defendant continues to drag this out and make it as painful for the victims as they can,’ Haltzman told FOX31.

Haltzman has been seeking justice for the two women who exp

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