BREAKING: Recent Graduate Sues Harvard Over Sexual Harassment Case
Source: Harvard Crimson
BREAKING: Recent Graduate Sues Harvard Over Sexual Harassment Case
By Andrew M. Duehren , CRIMSON STAFF WRITER a few seconds ago
A recent Harvard College graduate filed a lawsuit against Harvard University alleging that College administrators mishandled their response to her sexual harassment case and forced her to stay in a dorm with her alleged perpetrator.
The suit—which was filed in the Massachusetts District Court on Tuesday—claims that Alyssa R. Leader ’15 requested for her alleged perpetrator to change residence from Cabot House, where she also lived, after several threatening and abusive sexual encounters. However, the suit alleges, administrators did not immediately relocate the male student from the House and failed to protect the plaintiff against retaliation during the course of an investigation.
Requesting unspecified punitive damages, Leader alleges in the lawsuit that Harvard administrators failed to follow federal guidance on university sexual harassment investigations. Leader claims in the lawsuit that College administrators did not remove her alleged perpetrator from Cabot House until the plaintiff had secured a restraining order and Harvard administrators provided inadequate training on sexual assault.
In July 2015, the Office of Sexual and Gender-Based Dispute Resolution, which leads investigations into cases of alleged sexual harassment, ruled that the male student was not responsible for sexual assault, according to the suit. In August, the suit states, the College’s Administrative Board then ruled that there were no grounds for disciplinary action.
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http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/2/18/lawsuit-sexual-harassment-2016/