Emerson College is facing a second lawsuit, by an anonymous student identified as Jane Doe, alleging that the college and six administrators failed to “promptly and appropriately” respond to her assault, according to documents filed with the U.S. District Court in Springfield on December 31, 2014.
Emerson is currently on a list of 92 colleges and universities under federal investigation by the Department of Education after a complaint was filed by three Emerson students in 2013. Doe’s lawsuit says she is one of the complainants. Another complainant is Jillian Doherty, who also filed suit against Emerson in August for allegedly mishandling her rape case. David P. Angueira of Swartz & Swartz, P.C. is representing the plaintiffs in both cases.
Doe is suing the defendants for violating Title IX — a federal law prohibiting gender discrimination — and for negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The complaint alleges that in March 2013, an MIT student and an Emerson student saw Doe on the street, pushed her into an alley, and touched her inappropriately. Doe reported this incident to the ECPD, the lawsuit says. Later that month, the lawsuit alleges that the Title IX investigators, told Doe that there was “not enough information to go forward with an adjudication process” for her complaint of rape, but they did request an additional interview regarding Doe’s new report.
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