via The Daily Caller...
A University of Michigan student was given a four-year suspension after being found guilty of sexual assault–despite receiving little notice of the charges against him, no attorney, no trial and no jury.Quite honestly the old game of chasing women and trying to bed one of them is becoming too risky on a personal and professional level to even consider.
Now, the former student, Drew Sterrett, is suing the public university for abridging due process rights guaranteed to him under the U.S. Constitution.
Sterrett had sex with a female student in his dorm room during his freshman year at the university in 2012. Five months later, while at home in New York for summer break, the university informed him that she had filed a rape complaint against him, according to The Michigan Daily.
He was told that if he spent any time trying to find an attorney, the university would proceed without him. Later that day, he attended a hearing by Skype in which he denied any wrongdoing, according to The Detroit Free Press.“At no point during the call/interview was [Sterrett] given notice of the specific allegations which had been made against him,” the lawsuit claimed.
The investigation was halted in September after Sterrett’s accuser expressed second thoughts about having the details of their encounter made public. Sterrett was left in the dark about this, though he was warned to stay away from Mosher-Jordan, the residence hall where his accuser lived.
Ultimately, the university proceeded to adjudicate the matter. Administrators eventually informed Sterrett that he was found guilty of raping his accuser and creating a “hostile environment” for her, and would be suspended until 2016.
Sterrett says the charges are ludicrous, and the proceedings a gross perversion of justice. For one thing, his roommate was present for the sexual encounter and could have provided testimony that their sex was consensual. For another, Sterrett was not given adequate representation–nor was he ever given an opportunity to address his accuser’s specific allegations.
Still, a university appeals board upheld the ruling against him.
“The decision of the Appeals Board was a rubber-stamp of the flawed investigation and Report and Addendum, lacked fundamental fairness, was reckless, arbitrary and capricious, and clearly denied [Sterrett] due process,” according to Sterrett’s lawsuit.Sterrett’s lawyer, Deborah Gordon, said the university ignored the facts, the law and its own policies on sexual assault in its malicious prosecution of Sterrett.
The suit demands that UM reinstate Sterrett and pay damages. UM has denied any wrongdoing.
“The University is reviewing the complaints and plans to defend them vigorously,” said Kelly Cunningham, a UM spokeswoman, in a statement to The Daily.
Civil libertarians are concerned that new White House recommendations for public universities handling sexual assault cases will further erode the rights of the accused on campuses.
The only safe way to date these days is....I don't know if there is a safe way. If you're accused of wrongdoing (and I'm assuming the guy is innocent in this scenario) then your life is over.
The old saying that Drill Instructors pound into recruits heads about Women Marines applies to all women today.
Don't look at them, don't talk to them, don't date them and always have a witnesses when you're around them!
Why assume that it was a case of a man chasing a woman, instead of the opposite? The presence of the room-mate is a clue.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, there definitely is a dilemma in colleges and also in the military, so all men are suspect and potentially to be ruined. news report:
Many college women say their experiences after being sexually assaulted -- often in date rape situations -- illustrate a culture of indifference and denial that results in one in five young women being assaulted during their college years.
In regards to "Don't look at them etc." -- also don't TOUCH them. Unwanted touching constitutes sexual assault according to the military. That's how they got to the "Pentagon: Estimated 26,000 Sexual Assaults In Military" headline. Unwanted touching of people, male and female.
It's definitely a situation which is out of hand.
i'm waiting on the male backlash. females have pushed this woe is us and the democrat party has pushed the war on women theme waaaaay too far.
ReplyDeleteonce guys finally get pissed off in mass....and not just those of us that still have blood running through our viens...then thats when the REAL pushback begins.
And the Administration wants to make it worse with their stupid rules.
ReplyDeletespot on Drake. the deal with sexual assaults in the military is a joke and everyone knows it but like Don says, no one is being real. the administration is just pandering to the female vote hoping that it saves the Senate this fall.
ReplyDeleteit won't and thats when pure dee hell starts for Obama. his last two years in office will probably see one or two cabinet officials resign under pressure. from my observation of things the only person that he won't cut loose is the Attorney General but fast and furious is still hanging over the entire departments head so he might not even make it.
Dude don't get me started with this SAPR bullshit. Our entire base had a stand-down for an ENTIRE FUCKING DAY for SAPR training. And oh by the way..Ukraine's on fire...and so is Syria...and so is Libya. And we have an upcoming major exercise...but fuck all that, we have to have to loose a whole fucking day to listen to a goddamn one star tell us not to rape people.
DeleteThese kids are all walking around campus with cell phones in their hands, in constant contact with the outside world, and yet one in five young women being assaulted during their college years?
ReplyDeleteIt only makes sense if the definition of "assault" is perverted to favor females.
It is only considered a "sexual assault" if a period or a comma is used more than once when "don't" and "stop" are whispered.
ReplyDelete"Don't. Stop." is not the same as "Don't stop.". :)