LAWSUIT: FURMAN U. Botched TIX Investigation. Complaints from Accused & Accuser
Two former Furman University students say the school botched an investigation into a rape allegation in 2017, court documents show. The claims come from the accuser who filed the suit and the accused, identified as Jane Roe and John Doe in court records. The accuser alleges the university dragged its feet in conducting the investigation and shared sensitive material with the accused’s attorney. The accused claims Furman tried to bury evidence that would have exonerated him before suspending him for three and a half years.
The two have a friendly conversation via text. Here is that exchange, as it appears in court records:
Jane Roe: Text me when you make it back
John Doe: I’m alive.
We have a ritual rn (3 laughing-so-hard-I’m-crying emoji)
Jane Roe: Good! I found your underwear. I’ll get it to you sometime this week
A ritual? (1 laughing-so-hard-I’m-crying emoji)
John Doe: I don’t know how I made it
But I did
Jane Roe: I’m glad you did
Only you and I should know about this okay?
John Doe: I’m 100% aware of that
Jane Roe: Perfect I just thought I would double check
The last thing we need is drama
John Doe: Nah drama is bad no drama“The only reasonable explanation for those text messages is exactly what Mr. Doe would later tell Furman — that he and Ms. Roe consensually cheated on their significant others, and Ms. Roe wanted to make sure that no one found out about that,” the defense argues in response to the suit. “Mr. Doe is an innocent man, yet Ms. Roe falsely accused him of a horrific crime, and Furman then did everything it could to railroad him,” said Doe’s attorney.
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