Stanford student accused of sexual assault fires back at university in federal lawsuit

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'A male Stanford University student found responsible for sexual assault in 2014 has fired back at the university in a lawsuit that alleges Stanford, motivated by gender bias and a "discriminatory zeal to prosecute sexual assault claims," violated his rights under federal gender-equity law Title IX.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, only identifies the man as "John Doe" and the female Stanford student his lawyers say falsely accused him of sexual assault as "Jane Smith," but the details of the suit mirror a very-public case that sparked a firestorm of publicity and student activism around the topic of sexual violence at Stanford.
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Doe's lawsuit alleges that the combination of a flawed disciplinary process and a university under public pressure to protect its "purported prestige and reputation against criticism that Stanford fails to adequately address alleged sexual assaults of women by men" led to violations of his right to a fair process. The suit also maintains that the sexual contact between Doe and Francis was consensual, and that Stanford wrongly concluded that he sexually assaulted her.'