This is the headline of an article that came to my attention today.

http://lapostexaminer.com/umbc-fails-to-fully-report-alleged-gang-rape-involving-athletes/2015/10/13

Summary:

The victim claimed she was gang raped at a dorm in August 2014 when four students were “running a train on her and passing her around,” according to a Baltimore County police report obtained by the Baltimore Post-Examiner. The four students were suspended, pending the outcome of a student judicial hearing, which eventually led to the expulsion of two students. The students were never charged.

While the alleged gang rape occurred in August 2014, the victim did not report it to Baltimore County police until Dec. 17, 2014. She claimed she did not remember the August rape because of excessive alcohol consumption, according to the county police report obtained by the Post-Examiner.

Three months after the alleged sexual assault had occurred, a friend of the victim had informed her that the players were “running a train on her and passing her around,” according to the police report. The victim reportedly attempted to secure confessions by secretly recording conversations among the suspects to coerce a confession, according to the police report.

The most important section is at the end:

Police Report

Here are excerpts from the county police report with the redactions that explain the victim’s account of the incident:

[The victim] advised that on an unknown day in the middle of August (2014), she went to a party located at ***** Winters Lane at approximately 2100 hours. [The victim] advised she went to the party with a few friends at which time they drove together.

[The victim] advised while at the party, she drank too much alcohol (jungle juice, Bacardi, and Jell-O shots) and she does not remember most of the night.

[The victim] advised she remembered waking up lying on the floor in her underwear and a t-shirt that did not belong to her.

[The victim] advised in October (unknown date) she was in the study hall of the college at which time she was talking to ******* from the *****. *** advised while speaking to **, *** “slipped” and told her something about “running a train on her and passing her around,” on the night of the party.

UMBC Campus Police and Baltimore County police found no crime occurred in the alleged gang rape. UMBC Campus Police and Baltimore County police found no crime occurred in the alleged gang rape. (Anthony C. Hayes) While the victim could not recall particular details of the incident, according to the police report, the four suspects had a clear memory of the incident when they were interviewed by police in December. The suspect’s stories appear to be identical, including the same type of graphic language and sex positions, according to the report. The suspects told the police that the sex acts were consensual.

**** walked into the door which leads into the common area of the dorm suite. ***** observed **** on the floor lying on his back and [the victim] straddling his groin area. Additionally, he observed the while [the victim] was straddling ****** she was simultaneously performing fellatio on **. *** stated that he believed that while [the victim] was straddling ****** they were engaging in vaginal intercourse.

The victim also attempted to secure a confession from the suspects by means of electronic recording, according to the police report. The victim offered the recording to Baltimore County Police Detective Tomas, but he declined to listen to the tape, the report said. During a Dec. 31 follow-up interview the detective warned the victim that unauthorized recordings are illegal.

He also told the victim that her story was not credible because for “some of the sex acts to be performed, she would have had to be conscious to participate.”

The victim then admitted “that she did in fact engage in sex acts” with one of the suspects after the August incident, according to the police report.

The detective then pressed her on why she tried to illegally tape the suspects. The report noted the following:

[The victim] stated that she was trying to get them to admit to sexually assaulting her, so she could prove to her boyfriend that she did not consent to the sexual encounters. [The victim] further advised that she had no intention of making a big issue out of this incident. She stated that she never had intentions on involving the police; her father insisted upon reporting this incident to the police. Detective Burrows [other investigating officer] asked [the victim] what was making her upset and her reason for wanting the school to do something to the alleged suspects. [The victim] stated that she was angry because the boys had initially lied to her when she asked them if anything happened.

The detective then told the victim the case was closed because no criminal act had taken place.

Just to reiterate, two students were expelled from college for this. And the headline is about the university failing to report the incident to the public.