Basketball star settles lawsuit against college over false rape allegation

Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2014-04-25 07:32

Story here. Excerpt:

'A former Xavier University basketball player who was expelled over what he says was a false rape allegation has settled his lawsuit against the Cincinnati school over its handling of the case.

Federal Judge John Arthur dismissed Dez Wells' lawsuit, which had claimed that Xavier and its president used him as a scapegoat to demonstrate an aggressive response to sexual assault allegations in the wake of two unrelated federal investigations.

Arthur said both sides had resolved the conflict, but that the case could be reopened by either side within two months if the agreement is not fulfilled. Terms of the settlement were not released in court records.
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Xavier kicked Wells out of school in 2012 in the aftermath of a student's accusation that he raped her.

Wells said he had consensual sex with the student following a game of "Truth or Dare," during which he said the woman took off most of her clothes, kissed him, and gave him a lap dance.

Court records say that a hospital examination showed no trauma on the woman's body, and she later told police that she didn't want to press charges. A Hamilton County grand jury declined to indict Wells after hearing evidence.

Before the investigation was over, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters expressed his doubts about the alleged rape to Xavier President Father Michael Graham and urged him to hold off on any discipline until the investigation was finished, according to court records.
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Wells' lawsuit, filed in August, included 11 claims against the university and Graham, including sex discrimination, intentional infliction of emotional distress, libel for injury to his reputation and negligence.'

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I don't blame him for taking a win out of court, but it would have been nice to see this actually taken all the way and set precedent.

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Submitted by Kratch on Sat, 2014-04-26 03:35

Undoubtedly there was no small amt. of "avoid the grief of a high-profile trial" and uncertainty of outcome behind settling out for both parties. Juries are known for coming to strange decisions at times. But I'm with you on feeling there was a lost opportunity here. Still, the college had to pay him. To them, it's probably the equivalent of the tuition for 4 years for fewer than 100 students. But that's still not insignificant in either raw or relative terms. They'll think twice next time they think about throwing some guy under the bus of feminist politically correct misandrist bigotry. (Damn thing's less of a bus and more of an earth-mover with 20 extra gears.)

I wonder if it's struck them that their behavior is an ad for not going to their college? Silly humans.

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Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2014-04-26 08:10