(AP) – A federal judge says a lawsuit alleging the
University of Arkansas acted with deliberate indifference after a woman reported
she was raped by another student will go forward.
The lawsuit against the university was filed by a woman who told police and
school officials that she’d been raped in her dorm in October 2014. The student
told authorities that the encounter with the woman was consensual, and criminal
charges were never filed.
The lawsuit says the university violated Title IX, a federal law that
prohibits sex discrimination at schools that receive federal funding.
Authorities say that under Title IX, institutions must promptly and effectively
address issues of sexual harassment and sexual violence.
The university asked for the case to be dismissed. The Arkansas
Democrat-Gazette reports the judge declined to dismiss the lawsuit Tuesday.
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