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Alleged gang rape by soccer team; at University of Wisconsin
Topic Started: Oct 27 2010, 08:34 AM (679 Views)
Quasimodo

I have no idea whether these accusations are true or not. Every incident has to be examined individually.
But some of the comments at the site which follow are interesting...


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http://www.truecrimereport.com/2010/10/university_of_wisconsin-green.php

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Soccer Players Accused of Gang Raping Female Student

By Pete Kotz

Oct. 20 2010

We don't have any names yet for this story, since no one's been arrested. But the woman's story sounds pretty plausible. She says she went to an apartment on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus in the wee hours of October 10...

She was with two members of the school's soccer team, who gave her a drink. Later, she had consensual sex with one of them.

(snip)

She wouldn't wake up for another 12 hours, and by that time she had no idea how she even got home. She says she has a fairly high tolerance for alcohol, so there's no way she'd pass out after just one drink. And when she went to a hospital, doctors found scratches and bruises across her body.

The woman believes she was fed a date rape drug, but there's still no word on whether hospital workers did a toxicology exam.

(snip)

Two players were suspended from the soccer team late last week. Detectives expect to finish their investigation this week.


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Quasimodo

I am holding out for details. I got myself all in a tizzy about the Duke Lacrosse case before I got all the facts.

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The duke lacrosse sounding convincing too and look how that turned out.

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I'll always believe the girl unless there is evidence to support otherwise.

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This reminds me of a familiar story... hmmm i believe it was Duke's Lacrosse team maybe? yes... it was. and those boys were innocent. their lives are ruined because of some girl making up a story like this.



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Quasimodo

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http://www.wfrv.com/news/local/Rape-investigation-at-UWGB-105303808.html

2 UWGB athletes being investigated for rape

WFRV News
Story Created: Oct 19, 2010
Story Updated: Oct 20, 2010

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) - Two University of Wisconsin Green Bay athletes are now the focus of a criminal investigation. The athletes are accused of raping a female student on campus.

(snip)

The two suspects are temporarily suspended from soccer team and the school's residence halls. However, they are allowed to go to classes while the investigation continues.

Even if no charges are filed repercussions from the Dean of Students could be anything from community service to suspension or expulsion.
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Quasimodo

An article about an alleged rape at a frat house last year at a different campus of the University of Wisconsin :
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http://www.safercampus.org/blog/?p=884

March 10th, 2009
Rape at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Frat members implicated
by Sarah M in: Campus news

Over the past week I’ve been spending some time with The Badger Herald, a student-run newspaper out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. On Wednesday, March 4, the Herald broke the story of one student who chose to come forward about being raped in a University frat house last fall. Her story is truly horrifying (and very, very triggering):

(snip)

“[The doctor] said I was one of the worst cases she’s seen with how violent it was,” the victim said. “The next day I had a fat lip, I couldn’t move my jaw and I had a bruise on my face. I had bruises up and down my legs and by my vagina, so it wasn’t consensual or anything — it was really violent.”

To this day, the victim has no idea who her assaulters were.

(snip)

The Dean has scheduled a campus-wide forum for this evening to discuss sexual assault issues on campus. The Director of the Dane County Rape Crisis Center will also be in attendance. While the Dean has repeatedly stressed that her Office takes campus rape very seriously, as an observer it’s hard to make any conclusions. Currently, the Madison Police Department is investigating the incident and the Frat whose house the rape occurred is on social probation.

(snip)

I have now read four editorial responses to the Herald’s coverage. Three of them are written by men. (One, Two, and Three.) The same three outline the same basic argument: “IF a rape happened, and it seems like it did I guess, THEN the men responsible are dispicable and should be punished terribly. BUT we need all the EVIDENCE before we can make assumptions, don’t blame Sigma Chi, don’t blame frats in general, some of my best friends are frat boys, remember what happened at Duke!”

[What's wrong with wanting evidence first before drawing conclusions?]

Now, I’m all for the proper functioning of a justice system that says “innocent until proving guilty.” I’m glad no names are being used, and I completely understand that because the victim cannot remember the event, we don’t even know if the rape occurred in the frat house in question (she started her night in a different location). However, it’s important, too, to remember the point of the fourth editorial, written by members of PAVE (Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment), the University’s student organization dedicated to anti-sexual violence activism.

(snip)

While there are a number of supportive statements for the victim, there are also a number of claims of “What evidence is there? all that can be proven is that sex occurred. that doesn’t mean rape.” Clearly, some Herald readers didn’t get the memo that states “if a person is this intoxicated or drugged, HE OR SHE CANNOT POSSIBLY CONSENT TO SEX.” It’s not that complicated.

The PAVE editorial also makes a point of mentioning that the courage of the victim who spoke up is to be commended, but we cannot judge those who have chosen not to. One of the “we need evidence!” editorialists has this to say of the women who are making allegations of sexual assault but not reporting it:

(snip)

Something tells me that the victim isn’t “disrespected” by her peers’ silence. Something tells me that she understands entirely why a rape victim wouldn’t want to come forward when her school may or may not support her, or when she is guaranteed to be faced with a community of peers who think she might just be making it up, since, ya know, she was drunk and all. It is profoundly sad that so much concern is being shown for the men whose images may be tarnished because they happen to belong to a frat, when in 2007, 42 women reported being assault on campus. Where is the concern for them? Where have all of the frat-defenders who also feel so strongly about rapists to the point that they hope the guilty parties “rot in hell” been since 2007? Rape victims don’t owe anything to anyone in terms of reporting. We owe it to them to make sure it doesn’t happen in the first place.

I consider myself lucky to have gone to a college without a Greek System. While I don’t believe that all frats or sororities are inherently bad news, and recognize the value of “brotherhood” and “sisterhood,” I’m uncomfortable with the extent to which brothers seem to stand by one another in cases like these. You can’t judge fraternities by a few bad apples, but you can judge them by their refusal to insist that those responsible to come forward, if indeed it was men from the frat, or to offer up DNA evidence to the police if it wasn’t.


[the 'wall of silence' ?]
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Quasimodo

http://badgerherald.com/news/2010/04/06/victim_seeking_milli.php

Victim seeking millions from frat
UW student allegedly raped in 2008 suing for $10M in punitive damages


By Signe Brewster
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 2:10 a.m.
Updated Sunday, April 11, 2010 8:26:18 p.m.

The student suing the University of Wisconsin Sigma Chi fraternity, national headquarters and insurers for an alleged rape in the fall of 2008 is seeking more than $10 million in damages, according to documents filed recently in the Milwaukee County Circuit Court.

The plaintiff, a Milwaukee woman identified as “Jane Doe,” filed the civil suit last July. The suit seeks damages for injuries sustained after she was allegedly drugged and raped multiple times at the Sigma Chi house the night of Oct. 4 or in the early morning of Oct. 5, 2008.

Filed in late March, the document says the woman is claiming $2,321.47 to pay for medical bills and $10 million to cover past and future physical and emotional injuries.

(snip)

Both parties are also undergoing collection of information for the suit.


[They're having discovery already? What happened to 'judicial economy' in Wisconsin?]

(snip)

American Family Mutual Insurance Company was dismissed as a defendant Monday after a Milwaukee judge agreed their insurance policies covering Sigma Chi do not apply to the suit. Milwaukee attorney James Murray said another defendant, Lloyd’s of London, would most likely cover the fraternity.

The student and Elliott have previously stated they will not speak to the media concerning the suit.

A scheduling order filed in December names Nov. 1 as the deadline for the completion of information collection, excluding out of court testimonies.

A final pretrial conference will be held April 1, 2011, when a trial date, if required, will be scheduled. The defendants and plaintiff have demanded trial by a 12-person jury.

[This whole suit could be IN COURT AND AT TRIAL LESS THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE SUIT WAS FILED. ]
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Quasimodo

Was the above lawsuit so much less complicated than the Duke suits that all the motions could be
adjudicated and it could be AT TRIAL in less than two years?

With all Discovery completed? Even though the defendants include not only local students and a local fraternity,
but its national parent organization, as well?

With the issue of liability by the insurance company decided?

With the issue of whether or not to dismiss, decided?
(Is there any case EASIER to decide
on a motion to dismiss--i.e, determining whether or not the plaintiff has alleged a sufficient
claim--than the Duke cases? The Duke cases have VIDEO TAPE of violations by a District Attorney.
That part of the suit could be decided by SUMMARY JUDGMENT.)

Why is it taking Judge Beaty three years to study whether or not the Duke cases can even be permitted
to be heard?






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Quasimodo

Where is Richard Brodhead when you need him?

Isn't whatever they did "bad enough"?

And what does the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act have to do with anything?

How many committees have been formed?

Are the miscreants still allowed on campus?

Is this any way to run a rape investigation?


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http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=13399731

UW-Green Bay Concludes Rape Investigation of Soccer Players

Oct. 27, 2010

UW-Green Bay says it concluded its investigation into an alleged sexual assault at campus housing.

Campus police say a freshman claimed two UWGB soccer players raped and possibly drugged her at an on-campus apartment earlier this month.

The university says the Dean of Students Office has concluded its investigation into the alleged incident and "the university has taken appropriate disciplinary measures against the students involved. We have informed the students of the measures taken."

However, the university is not saying what those measures are, citing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

Last week, campus police forwarded their investigation to the Brown County district attorney's office.

UWGB Police Chief Randy Christopherson says he talked with the D.A.'s office late Wednesday afternoon and a decision on possible charges won't come before early next week.
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jarms

How can they do an investigation? They're just a college. Everything has to await a criminal trial where the defendants get a chance to prove their innocence, right?
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Quasimodo

A familiar name pops up again . . .

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http://blogs.findlaw.com/tarnished_twenty/2010/10/uwgb-soccer-players-accused-of-rape-suspended.html

UWGB Soccer Players Accused of Rape, Suspended

By Laura Strachan on October 22, 2010

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay soccer team may be in a whole lotta trouble these days, and I am talking way more than a red card. The Chicago Tribune reports that two UWGB soccer players have been accused of rape and suspended from the team.

(snip)

At this point, no formal criminal charges have been filed against the two suspects, but police are continuing to investigate the accusations. The Tribune adds that police found alcohol and pills in the apartment of one of the suspects. The athletic department, for their part, has suspended both players until there has been a final decision on the matter.

Sexual assault is a very serious charge, and being suspended from a college soccer team is the least of the two unnamed UWBG soccer players concerns. Rape is a crime that encompasses any type of non-consensual sexual intercourse that can occur for various reasons. In this case, the victim alleges that the contact occurred because she was drugged, and consequently unable to control her body to stop the process. In the end, what these two players are losing in playing time, they may be making up in jail time, if convicted.

[But we're still believers in innocent until guilty, and our reporting won't tend to suggest guilt...]
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