Friday, August 26, 2011

Ex-Sewanee student says harmed by rape finding


From Houston-

A former student at Sewanee: The University of the South testified Thursday that university leaders damaged his future when they wrongly decided that he raped a female student in his dorm room.

Identified in court only as John Doe, the former student at the private, Episcopal campus in southeastern Tennessee was never criminally charged. A university disciplinary panel in 2008 decided that he raped a female student who later told them she has prescriptions for mood-altering medications, had been drinking alcohol and was incapacitated when assaulted.

At the request of the former student's attorneys, U.S. District Judge Sandy Mattice is allowing him to conceal his identity as he asks a jury to force the university to pay him at least $1 million in damages. His testimony resumes Friday.

The former student contends the female student consented to having sex with him in his dorm room.

More here-

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Ex-Sewanee-student-says-harmed-by-rape-finding-2141670.php

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