Former Texas student sues university for 'ignoring' her after she was raped

A former student is suing her Christian university in Texas for allegedly “acting callously and indifferently” when she told them she had been raped by a college football player. The lawsuit, filed by Jasmine Hernandez, comes as an independent body is investigating complaints that Baylor University has mishandled sexual assault cases for years. “Those failures amounted to deliberate indifference toward the unlawful sexual conduct and retaliatory conduct that had occurred, was occurring, or was likely to occur,” according to the lawsuit.

Several women - the lawsuit claims "at least six" - were raped or sexually assaulted by former student football player Tevin Elliott. He was found guilty in 2014 on two counts and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Ms Hernandez’s mother flew to the university the day after her daughter was violently raped at a party in 2012 and demanded her daughter was seen by the university’s counseling centre. The centre responded that it was “too busy”. Her daughter was also refused academic accommodation while she was unable to concentrate on her studies after the trauma of the assault.

Football coach Art Briles and athletic director Ian McCaw, who are both defendants in the lawsuit, were also notified by her parents of the crime, but both men replied that they could do nothing unless Mr Elliott was convicted.

The school did not investigate the rape accusation, according to the lawsuit.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/former-texas-student-sues-university-for-ignoring-her-after-she-was-raped-a6964416.html


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