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TexasTowelie

(117,261 posts)
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 07:41 AM Nov 2018

Lawsuit: In 'chilling' retaliation, university expelled women who reported sexual assaults

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — In a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday, two former students claim they were expelled from Purdue University after the school couldn’t find enough evidence in their sexual assault reports.

The suit, filed under the pseudonyms of Mary Doe and Nancy Roe, claims that Purdue is working under a policy – “either written or unwritten” – in which “women who cannot prove their claims to the satisfaction of Purdue decision-makers face discipline up to expulsion.”

The women initially were expelled from Purdue, with their discipline reduced to two-year suspensions.

The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Indiana’s Northern District, names Purdue, along with Katie Sermersheim — Purdue’s dean of students, and Alyssa Rollock — vice president for ethics and compliance at the university.

Read more: https://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/nation/2018/11/15/purdue-accused-retaliation-sex-assault-reports/2020246002/

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Lawsuit: In 'chilling' retaliation, university expelled women who reported sexual assaults (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2018 OP
Why I support the 7th Amendment. safeinOhio Nov 2018 #1
the fuck? ProfessorPlum Nov 2018 #2
WTF? Nitram Nov 2018 #3

safeinOhio

(34,208 posts)
1. Why I support the 7th Amendment.
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 08:41 AM
Nov 2018

In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Nitram

(24,654 posts)
3. WTF?
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 10:59 AM
Nov 2018

That would only make sense if there was proof that the women's claims were fraudulent.

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