Foreign student expelled and deported — for kissing another student

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'South African native Bongani Radebe came to America with the dream to be the first person in his family to get an education in the U.S.
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But a few months into his U.S. education at Edmonds Community College outside of Seattle, Wash., Radebe learned the hard way that American college students are not only sensitive, but that college men have few rights and receive no benefit of the doubt when accused of sexual assault.

Radebe met his eventual accuser — a 17-year-old high school student in a program that allowed her to earn college credits — at a bus stop near campus. Two weeks later he invited her to his dorm room after the two had exchanged texts. She came over and the two talked for awhile. Radebe claims he asked her to come to him and she did. He said he held her hand and complimented her eyes. He says she thanked him. Radebe says he asked if he could kiss her.

The woman would then accuse him of sexual assault. She told police, according to Radebe's account of the police report, that she consented to the kiss, but she told college administrators that he forcibly kissed her, pushed her to the bed and tried to undress her.
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When the woman reported their encounter to school officials, Radebe was removed from his dorm and placed in a hotel. Five days later he was informed that he was in violation of the anti-gender discrimination statute known as Title IX and could appeal. Radebe's appeal was denied and he was suspended for three years. This meant his visa would be revoked, essentially expelling him from the school and causing him to be deported back to South Africa, where he had to tell his family what he had done to lead to such an extreme situation.'

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