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Federal judge green-lights trial over Jeffco middle school awash in sexual harassment
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A federal judge last month agreed Jefferson County School District and two administrators will face a civil jury trial for allegedly failing to address the pervasive sexual harassment and assaults that occurred against female students at Everitt Middle School. In a Feb. 21 order, U.S. District Court Senior Judge Christine M. Arguello determined a female…
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Colorado justices open to viewing campus sexual misconduct policies as ‘contracts’
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After Colorado’s second-highest court concluded the University of Denver’s promise of a “thorough, impartial and fair” investigation into alleged sexual misconduct was sufficiently descriptive to be an enforceable contract, the school appealed, claiming accused students should not be able to sue over vague terms like “fair.” During oral arguments on Tuesday, the justices agreed with…
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Jeffco student may pursue defamation claims against sex assault accusers, appeals court rules
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A former student of Evergreen High School may proceed with his defamation claims against two of his classmates and their mothers for calling him a “predator” and an assailant to school officials, even after he had been acquitted of criminal charges related to sexual misconduct. The decision from the state’s Court of Appeals last week…
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State Supreme Court takes up 2 drunk driving appeals, case about campus sexual misconduct
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review three appeals that implicate the state’s drunk driving laws and the legal obligation of universities to conduct fair investigations into alleged sexual misconduct. At least three of the court’s seven members must consent to review a case. One appeal raises yet another angle in the long-running fallout…
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Judge allows retaliation lawsuit to proceed against CSU officials
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Two former faculty members of Colorado State University Pueblo may proceed to hold school officials liable for allegedly retaliating against them when they spoke up about sex-based discrimination, a federal judge has ruled. Kimberly Cowden and Joanne Gula were both assistant professors in CSU Pueblo’s Mass Communication Department when they posted on social media and…
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Appeals court allows expelled DU student to sue over allegedly unfair sexual misconduct inquiry
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A male student who the University of Denver expelled for sexual misconduct may sue the school for its alleged failure to conduct a fair and impartial investigation, the state’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. “John Doe,” as the student is identified in court documents, claimed that DU investigators refused to interview his witnesses, did not…
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University’s handling of sexual misconduct case did not violate accused student’s rights, judge rules
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A federal judge concluded that the University of Northern Colorado afforded a student found responsible for sexual misconduct the level of procedural protections that the U.S. Constitution requires, without violating his rights. At the same time, U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael E. Hegarty observed that UNC’s process for investigating Torrence Brown-Smith nonetheless contained noticeable defects. “Plaintiff…
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Ex-Colorado Mesa University lacrosse coach may proceed with discrimination lawsuit
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The former head coach of Colorado Mesa University’s women’s lacrosse team may proceed with her claim of discrimination against the school, after a federal judge found Shanta Loecker plausibly alleged her termination stemmed from her gender or race. The Colorado Attorney General’s Office, representing CMU, argued that if the university intended to discriminate against Loecker,…