UVA. NOW says dean Eramo’s strategy in lawsuit ‘undermines’ sexual assault victims
In recent weeks, Eramo [UVa dean] has asked the court to compel the cooperation of “Jackie,” the UVa student. In her most recent filing in the case, Eramo called Jackie a “serial liar who invented people, events and text messages” to corroborate her story, and that she is not immune from participating in the lawsuit’s discovery phase… the National Organization for Women said Eramo’s effort is going too far. One of Eramo’s attorneys said it was “unfortunate” that “Jackie and her cadre of lawyers have taken the unreasonable and legally untenable position that she is immune from routine civil discovery. And it is even more unfortunate that an organization that is supposed to advocate on behalf of women is supporting a woman who has set the cause for survivor support back so far,” said Libby Locke, a member of Eramo’s counsel.
roanoke.com By Dean Seal
