A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a Columbia University student's lawsuit accusing the school of acting with deliberate indifference after she was sexually assaulted twice as a freshman in her dormitory room.
U.S. District Judge George Daniels in Manhattan said Amelia Roskin-Frazee failed to show that Columbia responded in a "clearly unreasonable manner" after learning about the October and December 2015 incidents, which she formally reported to its Student Conduct and Community Standards office in August 2016.
The case is one of several in recent years accusing U.S. colleges of improperly handling reports of sexual assaults and harassment.
The judge said Columbia's actions complied with federal guidelines and its own sexual misconduct policy, including in January 2016 when it honored Roskin-Frazee's request not to investigate her rape claims after contacting her about them.
Daniels also said Columbia could have reasonably decided that searching for the assailant would be "futile" because it knew only his height and hairstyle, and security camera footage had been erased by the time it opened an official investigation.
Source :- yahoonews
U.S. District Judge George Daniels in Manhattan said Amelia Roskin-Frazee failed to show that Columbia responded in a "clearly unreasonable manner" after learning about the October and December 2015 incidents, which she formally reported to its Student Conduct and Community Standards office in August 2016.
The case is one of several in recent years accusing U.S. colleges of improperly handling reports of sexual assaults and harassment.
The judge said Columbia's actions complied with federal guidelines and its own sexual misconduct policy, including in January 2016 when it honored Roskin-Frazee's request not to investigate her rape claims after contacting her about them.
Daniels also said Columbia could have reasonably decided that searching for the assailant would be "futile" because it knew only his height and hairstyle, and security camera footage had been erased by the time it opened an official investigation.
Source :- yahoonews
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