JOHN DOE Exposes GW’s Abuse & Misdeeds in Reply Brief. “GW’s desperation here is palpable.”
Newly obtained evidence in Title IX-related litigation against George Washington University suggests that the school does not understand that a rideshare vehicle does not pick you up the instant you book the ride. The key question in GW’s investigation into Jane Roe’s allegations against John Doe, and the resulting due-process lawsuit filed by Doe, was how intoxicated Roe was as they returned to his room in an Uber trip. In a filing last week, ahead of Wednesday’s scheduled hearing on summary judgment motions, Doe said the university’s newly provided evidence of Roe’s own phone records reveals its “spectacular misreading” of those records. “Ms. Roe’s phone records confirm in stunning detail everything that Mr. Doe has said from the beginning and erase whatever residual doubt there might be about whether Ms. Roe was incapacitated and whether she has told the truth about that night,” the reply brief states. The school’s response to Doe’s claims that his appeal was wrongly rejected also revealed that GWU has been judging appeals by the wrong standard for “at least six years.” The years of errors by the appellate officer suggest that if the court rules in Doe’s favor, “the judge will need to provide clear guidance on how GWU should proceed, since the university can’t be counted on to follow its own rules,” Prof. KC Johnson said. GW also did not ask for the phone records during Doe’s hearing and only used them after Doe filed suit, according to the brief. “GW’s desperation here is palpable,” the brief states. “No school produces a declaration affirming that it has processed six years’ worth of appeals contrary to a federal judge’s reading of its code, or goes hunting for phone records that undermine the accuser in the process it is defending, unless it has no other choice.”
See KC Johnson’s @GWtweets case (a) GW appeals officer has consistently used wrong standard (b) GW had access to even more exculpatory evidence (c) GW’s new evidence confirms accuser/key witness lied.
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