Alleged Rapist in Columbia Case Offers His Version of Events, Produces Message Transcripts

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'Paul Nungesser, the Columbia University student whom classmate Emma Sulkowicz claims raped her, has come forward with a more factually detailed denial of the allegations against him. In addition to offering his version of events on the night of the alleged rape, he provided a reporter for the Daily Beast with Facebook message transcripts that show warm interactions with Sulkowicz in the weeks and months after the incident.
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Nungesser says that on the night of the alleged assault, in August 2012, he was not drunk — just buzzed — and he and Sulkowicz engaged in consensual anal sex (among other acts). In a message sent two days after the incident, Sulkowicz accepts Nungesser's invitation to a party, adding: "Also I feel like we need to have some real time where we can talk about life and thingz" and "because we still haven’t really had a paul-emma chill sesh since summmmerrrr."

In early October, Sulkowicz responds to a birthday greeting with, "I love you Paul. Where are you?!?!?!?!" — all part of a pattern of friendly behavior, according to Nungesser, who also says that when he was initially contacted by university administrators about a rape allegation, he thought it was as a witness in another sexual-assault case. The transcripts suggest that it wasn't until early 2013 that Sulkowicz stopped responding to Nungesser's messages. (Young's story also casts doubt on allegations of sexual assault against Nungesser by two other Columbia women — both of which he denies.)'