Grad Files Title IX Investigation, Claims Wrongful Assault Accusation

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'An alumnus recently filed a Title IX investigation against Boston College through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) after being found responsible for a sexual assault in 2012. The student served a three-semester suspension, but DNA evidence released the February following his suspension did not corroborate the student’s guilt. The student maintains he was wrongly accused. As a result, the student filed a lawsuit against the University on Dec. 4, 2015, complaining that the school is in violation of Title IX, seeking damages and that BC be mandated to comply with Title IX.

Katie O’Dair, BC’s Title IX coordinator, said that this lawsuit lands BC on the list of 161 institutions who are under review.

“This is the first time BC has been involved in an OCR investigation of a sexual violence complaint,” O’Dair said in an email. “Boston College is fully cooperating with the OCR in its review.”'