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July 22, 2014

University of Connecticut to Pay $1.3 Million in Sexual Assault Case 
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The University of Connecticut has agreed to pay nearly $1.3 million to
settle claims it mishandled complaints of sexual assault and harassment.
The five plaintiffs include a hockey player, who says she was kicked off
the team after she reported being raped, and a student who says when she
reported her rape, a campus police officer told her "women need to stop
spreading their legs like peanut butter or rape is going to keep on
happening 'til the cows come home." UConn is one of nearly 70 schools
under federal investigation over handling of sexual assault.

 

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