COURT WIN! Evidence Shows Male Faced Biased Adjudicator, Prof. Lavanty. Lawsuit Survives.
A Title IX adjudicator’s alleged view that men “will always enjoy sexual contact,” even when they don’t consent to it, has doomed Marymount University’s attempt to get out of a lawsuit. Federal judge T.S.Ellis denied the motion to dismiss by citing credible evidence that professor Donald Lavanty, who judged the Title IX proceeding was biased against John Doe and other accused males. Ellis zeroed in on Lavanty’s alleged statements in a different case involving a male student who accused a female student of grabbing his genitals without consent. Lavanty asked the accusing male student if he was “aroused” by the unwanted touching. The student responded in the negative, to which Lavanty asked in apparent disbelief, “not at all?” Judge Ellis stated that these alleged comments suggest Lavanty holds “certain gendered beliefs.” Judge Ellis also said John Doe has made enough serious allegations about gender bias in the proceeding that his Title IX “erroneous outcome” claim can’t be dismissed at this stage.
thecollegefix.com By Jeremiah Poff
