CAL STATE Chico’s Expulsion Backfires in TitleIX Case
A Los Angeles Superior Court Judge overturned the expulsion of a student accused of sexual assault, forcing the school to take another look at the student’s case. The school’s lengthy investigation into Doe resulted in what Judge Chalfant termed a “de facto one-year suspension” for the student. Doe claimed that the extended proceeding inhibited him from accepting “numerous job offers from prominent sports teams” because he had not obtained his degree. “These mistakes ultimately were corrected, but they made the disciplinary hearing process more complicated,” the judge said. Doe, an athletic trainer on campus, claimed he and freshman athlete Roe met at a party in February 2015 and had consensual sex, whereas Roe alleged that she lost consciousness after consuming a spiked drink, only to wake up to Doe having sex with her…Cal State Chico asserted that it had followed California legal precedent by allowing Doe to question “Jane Roe,” the accuser, and witnesses who allegedly heard a recording of the sexual assault Roe made and subsequently deleted, but Judge Chalfant called this claim “wrong.” Chalfant ruled that Cal State Chico did not give “John Doe” the chance to refute allegations made against him. But since Chalfant also rejected Doe’s assertion that the university’s verdict was “not supported by substantial evidence,” the student is still embroiled in the case.
dailycaller.com By Rob Shimshock
