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Former USF football player sues university after rape charges dropped. "Kevaughn Dingle, 22, said in the federal lawsuit that the school “rushed to judgment” because of factors including the “#MeToo” movement and a prior campus assault case."

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December 29, 2021

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Title	Former USF football player sues university after rape charges dropped. "Kevaughn Dingle, 22, said in the federal lawsuit that the school “rushed to judgment” because of factors including the “#MeToo” movement and a prior campus assault case."
Author	Title_IX_For_All
Upvotes	185
Comments	11
Date	December 29, 2021 9:03 PM UTC (4 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/rrinux/former_usf_football_player_sues_university_after/
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[–]Flashy_Glove6208 38 points39 points40 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

[–]Title_IX_For_All[S] 20 points21 points22 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

[–]MRA_TitleIX 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago* (0 children) | Copy Link

Nice. Was looking for that. Thanks!

The accused in Ms. Garrett’s case was given the choice to accept responsibility or face a formal hearing. In accepting responsibility, the accused was merely given a deferred suspension. In sum, a white male student, accused of the same violations as Plaintiff, based on more egregious facts received a deferred suspension and no expulsion. In contrast, Plaintiff, an African American student athlete, was permanently expelled and arrested for the same alleged conduct.

Sadly this doesn't surprise me at all. They also argue the threat of losing funds motivates the decision of the school on these cases and they are right. If the school does nothing they get in trouble. If they condemn him independent of the facts, there isn't a whole lot of support for him. It is a balance of risk and the risk is substantially weighted to the school being bias against a respondant.

The bias of our judicial systems should be in favor of the people accused. Always. The nature of Title IX creates a situation that motivates the schools to do the opposite. It's hard to fix a system that is fundamentally broken in design. I don't think it is possible to fix this without a third party judicial system and in that case we have it. Real courts independent of the school already exist!

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[–]Title_IX_For_All[S] 32 points33 points34 points 4 years ago* (3 children) | Copy Link

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[–]63daddy 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

He had a contract with the college. To break that contract, the school needs just cause. He’s essentially arguing the college is denying him what is due him without adequate proof they have cause to break that contract. Also by claiming he committed an act he may not have, the college is negatively impacting his future opportunities.

If colleges are going to conclude students committed a sexual assault and sanction students, they should have proof these claims are true including offering the accused proper due process which colleges often do not.

More and more colleges are being successfully sued for denying due process to accused students.

You seem to have the burden of proof reversed. The accused doesn’t have to prove the accusations against him are false. It’s the burden of the “prosecution” (college) to prove the accused is guilty. If they don’t offer due process they fail to meet this burden.