Current Events > USC expelled a guy from campus for a crime the victim denies completely

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http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/20640113/judge-stays-usc-trojans-expulsion-matt-boermeester

Boermeester, who is two classes shy of graduation, was kicked out of school in July after a monthslong investigation by the school's Title IX office that concluded he caused physical harm to his girlfriend, USC women's tennis player Zoe Katz, in January.

Katz has vehemently denied the allegations. She sat with Boermeester in court Friday.

"I want to be very clear that I have never been abused, assaulted or otherwise mistreated by Matt," Katz said in a statement in July. "He is an incredible person, and I am and have been 100 percent behind him. Nothing happened that warranted an investigation, much less the unfair, biased and drawn-out process that we have been forced to endure quietly."

In USC's official response to the petition, it asserted that its investigation found Boermeester put his hands around the neck of Katz -- identifying her as Jane Roe -- "causing her to cough, and shoved her into a cinder block wall in the alley near her apartment at least twice" in the early hours of Jan. 21. It also said Katz's initial statement to investigators supported USC's findings.

"When I told the truth about Matt, in repeated interrogations, I was stereotyped and was told I must be a 'battered' woman, and that made me feel demeaned and absurdly profiled," Katz said. "I understand that domestic violence is a terrible problem, but in no way does that apply to Matt and me."


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How come every instance of Title IX turns out to be an utter shitshow
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What prompted this investigation?
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Does Roger Goodell also run USC?
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If they have evidence he assaulted her, then it seems pretty fair, next
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Mal_Fet posted...

How come every instance of Title IX turns out to be an utter shitshow

Because the mere accusation, apparently even if the victim denies it, is enough to condemn a person for life. The argument is made that if it wasn't that way, victims wouldn't come forward.
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TommyG663513 posted...

What prompted this investigation?

This. I mean whether she denies it was abuse or not if what they described actually happened then this is a fair next >_>

Sounds quite suspicious, like she was pressured to recant.
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Mal_Fet posted...

How come every instance of Title IX turns out to be an utter shitshow

Because the only ones you actually hear about are the ones that become shitshows.
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Coffeebeanz posted...

Matt and me

She said this instead of the incorrect "Matt and I"

She's a keeper
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Mal_Fet posted...

every instance

sorry, would you mind posting every instance of title IX being used so we could verify that all of them are shitshows?

i don't dispute that its broad wording allows for shitshows such as this one to occur, and even the title IX director under obama had been trying to push against the manner universities started enforcing it in some cases.
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Weird case. I hope more things are resolved in the future.

Is this the case of the guy and his girlfriend horseplaying and some other chick saw it and reported it as abuse and he was expelled despite the "victim" trying to explain it was a big misunderstanding?

Darkman124 posted...

Mal_Fet posted...

every instance

sorry, would you mind posting every instance of title IX being used so we could verify that all of them are shitshows?

i don't dispute that its broad wording allows for shitshows such as this one to occur, and even the title IX director under obama had been trying to push against the manner universities started enforcing it in some cases.

I think he is being hyperbolic because a lot of Title IX cases that are publically reported on seem more like witch hunts that turn out to be false claims. A lot of which seems to go back to that Dear Colleague letter from a couple years ago that, as I've heard, set the stage for the Title IX abuses.
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I feel like we are missing a great portion of the story here. Who reported this in the first place? What was her initial statement? Is it possible that she decided to go back on a statement that he did abuse her out of feelings for the man even if he did abuse her?

I can't really join any side her as I feel the story from what you pulled is not complete.
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Came in expecting yet another Title IX shitshow.

Was disappointed, because I got what I expected.

And to think people are okay with this kind of bullshit kangaroo court system being in place as a matter of law.
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