University Investigated Over Claim That Campus Security Physically Restrained Alleged Sexual Assault Victim

The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights is investigating the University of Rochester over allegations that the university discriminated against a female student after she reported a sexual assault. The female freshman who filed the complaint spoke to The Huffington Post about her experience, asking to be identified only by her first name, Abigail, for privacy reasons. Abigail filed a complaint in March claiming that campus security physically subdued her and sent her to the hospital over a panic attack she experienced several days after she reported being assaulted. She also claims that the university did not provide enough academic accommodations after she reported the assault and that the mishandling of the case permitted a "sexually hostile environment." For all these reasons, Abigail accuses the university of discriminating against her based on her sex, violating the gender equity law Title IX. The Education Department opened the investigation of the university on May 21, according to a letter that Abigail received from the department and shared with HuffPost. As of Wednesday, the University of Rochester, a private school in New York, is one of 118 colleges and universities being investigated by the Education Department for their handling of sexual violence-related matters. UR's case deals with the treatment Abigail received after reporting an assault, but also dives into the way campus security acted during what Abigail described as a "traumatic" encou...
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