Another Michigan university is facing allegations of failing to respond to and even covering up reports of sexual violence on campus. According to a lawsuit filed in federal court this week, filed on behalf of 11 women, officials at Eastern Michigan University attempted to dissuade survivors from pursuing claims against their assailants and conducted incomplete or shoddy investigations of the reported assaults. The lawsuit contains claims against EMU’s former Title IX Director Melody Werner, the EMU Police Department and Chief Robert Heighes, Deputy Chief Daniel Karrick, and several fraternity chapters. Ms. Werner was Michigan State University’s Office of Inclusion and Equity Director from November 2019 to October 2020.
EMU joins MSU and University of Michigan as a major Michigan university facing serious allegations of pervasive sexual violence. The EMU complaint describes a campus culture in which rape and sexual assault is ignored or even tolerated.
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