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Friday, October 26, 2018

3 women with UMBC ties join sex-assault lawsuit; 1 alleges she was raped by 4 UMBC basketball players

Three women with ties to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County have joined a lawsuit against Baltimore County authorities that alleges systemic indifference to crimes of sexual violence and bias against women. One new plaintiff, a former UMBC student, alleged that she was raped by four UMBC basketball players on campus in 2014, according to the suit.
According to the lawsuit, the woman attended a party and woke up the next morning without any memory from the night before after consuming various beverages. Weeks later, she was told that four basketball players had "run a train on her and pass[ed] her around," according to the lawsuit. Two of the players were later expelled, but Baltimore County detectives and the state’s attorney’s office determined there was not evidence that a crime had occurred...
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/higher-ed/bs-md-baltimore-county-lawsuit-expanded-20181017-story.html

5 comments:

  1. "...but Baltimore County detectives and the state’s attorney’s office determined there was not evidence that a crime had occurred..."
    Standard 'Lame Excuse' for doing nothing about it and tacitly condone such behavior.

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  2. "Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh filed a motion earlier this month on behalf of UMBC and its police chief, seeking dismissal of charges."

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  3. No worries, it's Maryland!

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