Rotherham abuse survivor Sammy Woodhouse's anger as Google refers to her rapist as 'ex partner'

Rotherham abuse survivor Sammy Woodhouse has expressed her anger after Google referred to the man who groomed, raped and exploited her as her "ex partner" in its search engine.
By Lucy Leeson
Published 7th Jan 2021, 16:45 BST

Miss Woodhouse, now 35, was sexually abused as a 14-year-old by ringleader Arshid Hussain and later waived her anonymity as a rape victim to expose the gang.

In February 2016, after testifying in court, Hussain was found guilty and sentenced to 35 years in prison alongside 5 others, for a total of 102 years.

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As an award winning campaigner, Miss Woodhouse has campaigned for improvements around counselling services, better national funding, mandatory education and licensing policies.

Rotherham abuse survivor Sammy Woodhouse has expressed her anger after Google referred to the man who groomed, raped and exploited her as her "ex partner" in its search engine.Rotherham abuse survivor Sammy Woodhouse has expressed her anger after Google referred to the man who groomed, raped and exploited her as her "ex partner" in its search engine.
Rotherham abuse survivor Sammy Woodhouse has expressed her anger after Google referred to the man who groomed, raped and exploited her as her "ex partner" in its search engine.

Being very prominent on Twitter, she was shocked to be told on Wednesday that her rapist was referred to as her ex partner when his name is searched on Google.

Taking to Twitter, Miss Woodhouse said: "So, this has just been fetched to my attention. Google stating Arshid Hussain is my ‘ex partner’. No, no, no, no! He was an Individual that groomed, raped and exploited, I was 14 years older and he was 24 years old! My god Google, get educated! #exploitation."

He said: "Apologies for this. That information is generated automatically from our Knowledge Graph.

"I'm passing this on for review now."

The Yorkshire Post has contacted Google for a response.