Ohio State Rape Survivor to be Honored for her fight
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Tomorrow, WARR will be holding a press conference hosting Security On Campus as they award the Clery Act to Stacy Bogart. Stacy is the plaintiff in the case of Jane Doe vs. The Ohio State University, challenging the university's mishandling of her sexual assault complaint.
The conference will be tomorrow at 12:30 in the Memorial Room of the Ohio Union (1739 N High St). Please come and bring as many people as possible.
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Here is a little info on the case:
A complaint was filed against Ohio State University for their treatment of a victim of rape on campus. In Jane Doe vs. The Ohio State University, the victim claims that Jeremy Goldstein, a male student enrolled at the school, sexually assaulted, molested and raped her. Nineteen days earlier, the complaint alleges, Goldstein had allegedly raped another female student. Despite rules and regulations that required OSU to remove Mr. Goldstein from campus property pending further investigation, Jeremy Goldstein was neither suspended nor removed from university grounds and, thus, was in position to commit the brutal rape upon Jane Doe.
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This is clear- it doesn't matter if Goldstein is guilty or not- the law says that he should have been removed from campus property during the investigation. Goldstein is innocent until proven guilty so I would not be in favor of forcing a potentially innocent person to withdraw based on here-to-fore unproven allegations, but I think in a case like this the University has a clear obligation to the students to protect them. He should have at least been moved to off campus housing. I hope she wins damages and it causes the University to better serve the students.
Tomorrow, WARR will be holding a press conference hosting Security On Campus as they award the Clery Act to Stacy Bogart. Stacy is the plaintiff in the case of Jane Doe vs. The Ohio State University, challenging the university's mishandling of her sexual assault complaint.
The conference will be tomorrow at 12:30 in the Memorial Room of the Ohio Union (1739 N High St). Please come and bring as many people as possible.
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Here is a little info on the case:
A complaint was filed against Ohio State University for their treatment of a victim of rape on campus. In Jane Doe vs. The Ohio State University, the victim claims that Jeremy Goldstein, a male student enrolled at the school, sexually assaulted, molested and raped her. Nineteen days earlier, the complaint alleges, Goldstein had allegedly raped another female student. Despite rules and regulations that required OSU to remove Mr. Goldstein from campus property pending further investigation, Jeremy Goldstein was neither suspended nor removed from university grounds and, thus, was in position to commit the brutal rape upon Jane Doe.
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This is clear- it doesn't matter if Goldstein is guilty or not- the law says that he should have been removed from campus property during the investigation. Goldstein is innocent until proven guilty so I would not be in favor of forcing a potentially innocent person to withdraw based on here-to-fore unproven allegations, but I think in a case like this the University has a clear obligation to the students to protect them. He should have at least been moved to off campus housing. I hope she wins damages and it causes the University to better serve the students.