No Rape After All, but Woman Still Treated Like a Victim

Story here. False rape report at the University, but woman is still a victim-survivor. Excerpt:

'University of Minnesota police say they are no longer investigating a reported weekend rape and now consider the incident a "student crisis intervention case."

The U issued a crime alert Tuesday saying a student told campus police she had been sexually assaulted about 1 a.m. Sunday by two men she did not know after they walked her to her Sanford Hall dorm room and then threatened her with a knife.

The next day the U updated its alert, saying the case was no longer being investigated as an assault by a stranger, but that police still were investigating the sexual assault report.

On Thursday, university officials said police were "no longer investigating the reported incident of an armed sexual assault by strangers."

The case had the university community on edge because the student reported that she encountered the men in what should have been a secure dormitory hallway. The U said Thursday there is no immediate or ongoing threat to public safety related to the case.

"At this time, the University's primary concern is to support the student who reported the incident and to protect her right to privacy," the statement said.'

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Also see: University of Minnesota police no longer believe student was raped at knifepoint