Articles focused on college students who are falsely accused and filing lawsuits against their college, accuser, and individual staff. For a database of these lawsuits go here: boysmeneducation.com
JUDGE Asked To Block Overhaul Of Campus Title IX Sex Assault Rules
Saying the impending regulations will be costly and make it harder to discipline sexual misconduct, a group of blue states urged a federal judge recently to block the Trump administration’s changes to how schools must adjudicate sexual harassment and assault claims.U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols did not rule from the bench following a two-hour hearing […]
REPUBLICAN Attorneys General Argue Trump’s Title IX Rules Follow The Law Better Than Obama’s
Responding to a lawsuit by several state Democratic attorneys general, nearly as many of their Republican counterparts are coming to the defense of the Department of Education’s new Title IX rules. Fourteen top law enforcement officials, from Alaska to Florida, argued that the final regulation on sexual misconduct creates “reasonable standards for fighting gender discrimination in […]
UNDERSTANDING The Lawsuits Against New IX Regulations
Four lawsuits have been filed against new Department of Education regulations for how colleges must respond to sexual misconduct on campus. The lawsuits question the merits of the regulations and seek to block their implementation. Although the regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Education completely overhaul current policies and procedures for handling sexual misconduct complaints, […]
‘REMARKABLE BRIEF’ Defending: Due Process. Free Speech. And TIX Regs. From 14 States
“No one denies the urgent need to prevent sexual harassment and to punish it when it occurs. Sexual harassment of any sort is unacceptable, including harassment at our nation’s public schools and institutions of higher education. No student pursuing an education should do so in fear that she will be victimized and suffer a lifetime […]
SHE ACCUSED Him Of Sex Assault Even Though HE Was Too Incapacitated To Consent. He Was Expelled.
John Doe at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) is suing after the school expelled him for sexual misconduct even after evidence was presented that showed he was the victim. Doe says in his lawsuit that he informed ERAU that he was too intoxicated to engage in sexual activity and witness statements back him up, yet the […]
FALSE ACCUSER Lauren Pearson Charged. Male Sues CorkerU, Hartsville, Police, Over Female’s False Accusation
A former student has filed suit against Coker University and the city of Hartsville after he was temporarily withdrawn from the university and arrested following a false rape allegation by Lauren Pearson. An attorney for the male student filed multiple suits against the city of Hartsville, its police department, three officers, Corker University and several […]
SUSPENDED FOOTBALL Player Files Suit Against LSU For ‘Biased, Flawed & Unlawful Process”
An LSU football player [falsely] suspended for a Title IX violation filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, alleging it made an “unjust and discriminatory decision… following a biased, flawed, confusing and unlawful process.” According to the complaint, the suspended LSU football player met a female student at a bar near campus. He asked her […]
ACLU’s ‘Death Star’ Client in Its Title IX Lawsuit.
The American Civil Liberties Union has been deservedly criticized for its May 14 lawsuit indirectly attacking the civil liberties of students accused of sexual assault, who have since 2011 been subjected to grotesquely unfair campus proceedings that effectively presume their guilt. Their lawsuit insists that accused students be found guilty even if the evidence of […]
ANALYSIS: Title IX Lawsuits Have Skyrocketed Since 2013
Dive Brief: The number of students who have sued colleges and universities for potentially botching sexual violence cases has exploded in recent years, according to a new analysis. The report, published recently in the New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, shows that federal and state courts have sided with institutions across the U.S. […]
FIRE President Responds To ACLU Lawsuit Against Title IX Reforms
On May 6, the Department of Education issued new regulations governing the way colleges and universities must address claims of sexual misconduct under Title IX. As part of those regulations, the department mandated that institutions use a speech-protective definition of sexual harassment — one adopted by the Supreme Court in 1999 in a case called Davis v. Monroe County Board […]