SUSPENDED MALE SUES Washington & Lee For Anti-Male Bias. Denied Readmission
Washington and Lee University denies it is discriminating against a former male student, who was suspended in 2017 for non-consensual sexual penetration of a female student, according to filings in a federal lawsuit. The university moved to dismiss the lawsuit on July 15. The male student filed suit in April in the U.S. District Court in Lynchburg, accusing the university of anti-male discrimination, retaliation, negligence and breach of implied contract.
“I filed this lawsuit to ask the Court to order my disciplinary record at W&L expunged and to order my reinstatement,” the male student said in an affidavit filed in the case. The male student claims that he and the female student had a consensual sexual encounter and that she made a false accusation against him. The lawsuit accuses the university of changing the conditions for his reinstatement.
The male student applied for reinstatement in November 2017 and July 2018 and was denied both times. At issue is what happened between them in the early morning hours of March 11, 2017. The lawsuit singled out Title IX Coordinator Lauren Kozak and accused her of bias. This is not the first time Kozak or the university has been accused of anti-male gender bias in Title IX cases. The lawsuit said the male student has since applied for admission to four universities. He was rejected by all.
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