RIT Student Fights Sexual Assault Accusation

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'Taylor and his family prepared to launch an aggressive defense.

Taylor’s lawyers arranged a polygraph test. He passed.
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The report says the accuser has a history of making false allegations.

The private investigator visited the woman’s hometown. He discovered a restraining order she took out four years earlier against a high school classmate. The investigator tracked down the boy, who said she accused him of raping her and threatening her with a knife. The boy said the case was dropped after two of her friends told police she admitted making the story up. The boy was never arrested.

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“We allow hearsay in our process,” said Rob Eckhart, Assistant Director for Student Conduct. “It’s not a criminal process. I want to make it very clear it’s not criminal. This is RIT’s student conduct process and when we make a decision, it’s based on what’s most likely to have happened.”'"

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