EX-STUDENT Files Sex Discrimination Lawsuit Against Dordt University
A former student dismissed from Dordt University for having sex with a female student has sued the school for sex discrimination, claiming the school’s action against him was based on gender stereotypes in which women are automatically viewed as victims.
Per his lawsuit, John Doe said the sex was consensual, and that the Sioux Center, Iowa, university’s policies are gender-biased by referring to assault and abuse victims exclusively as female, contradictory to requirements under Title IX, a federal law that protects people from sex discrimination at schools and universities that receive federal funds. Doe claims other students convinced the woman that the sex couldn’t have been consensual if she had been drinking. Other students and/or staff subsequently filed a Title IX complaint against Doe on the woman’s behalf. Doe said he was dismissed from Dordt weeks before earning his diploma after a “sham hearing” in which he was presumed guilty from the start and had no access to the accusations against him or legal representation.
Doe is seeking damages and punitive damages in an amount to be determined at trial. He also is seeking a ruling ordering Dordt to reverse its ruling against him, expunge his disciplinary record and award him his degree.
siouxcityjournal.com– Nick Hytrek
