YALE Male Found Not Guilty In Court Of Sex Assault. Yale Still Expelled Him.
Saifullah Khan, an immigrant who grew up in an Afghanistan refugee camp, won a full scholarship to Yale University. He would later be accused of sexually assaulting a female classmate in 2015 — an accusation that, in a rarity for campus accusations, actually resulted in a criminal trial. During that criminal trial, Khan was found not guilty, based on video evidence that showed him and his accuser walking arm-in-arm and smiling, as well as key-card evidence that supported his story that the woman invited him back to her dorm after he left, and then asked him to check on her friend who was actually too drunk. How was Khan found responsible for sexual assault by Yale when a court found him not guilty? Khan’s attorney, Norm Pattis lays it out on his blog about the case, “Mr. Khan was afforded due process at his criminal trial, but deprived a meaningful right to defend himself at the university’s tribunal.” “No lawyer, no cross-examination, no right to confront his accuser, no right even to make sure his accuser returned to make her case in person, no right to make a record of the proceedings. Yale’s fact-finders behaved as though the pursuit of justice were the prerogative of a secret society,” Pattis wrote.
In an interview with the Daily Wire, Khan said that he was looking toward the next steps, which as Pattis wrote, include the possibility of a lawsuit against Yale. “I’m not phased. I still have high hopes for what America stands for and tremendous trust in our Constitutional Republic,” Khan said. “It is important that I stand up because this isn’t just about me. Imagine – if they can get away from doing such terrible things to me like attempting to deport me, Yale really tried to get rid of me. And if they tried doing that with me, what are they going to do to another kid tomorrow?” Khan said. “So I have to stand up. It feels right.”
dailywire By Ashe Schow
