Former Student Files Complaint Against Northeastern Over Rape Case
A former Northeastern student has filed a Title IX complaint against Northeastern University over the school’s handling of her 2011 rape complaint. Katherine Rizzo filed the complaint on Wednesday, according to Buzzfeed.
Rizzo told Buzzfeed that Northeastern ruled that her alleged attacker was held to too high a standard for consent. While waiting for the appeal, that student transferred to another school, according to Buzzfeed.
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Rizzo said the health and counseling service at school said they would not provide follow-up care in her case, and that she should seek out a rape crisis center instead, according to Buzzfeed.
Her assailant was initially found responsible in the case, but he appealed, saying the hearing held him to a higher standard than is required by the school. In the hearing, he was asked to provide proof of verbal consent, according to Buzzfeed.
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Northeastern did not comment to Buzzfeed.
The school was not among the 55 universities listed by the Department of Education for violating sexual assault rules under Title IX. Six schools in Massachusetts were on that list, released May 1, including, Harvard College, Harvard Law School, UMass Amherst, Boston University, Emerson College, and Amherst College.
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