Students Sue UC Berkeley for Mishandling Sexual Assaults
Three women filed a lawsuit against the University of California, Berkeley, alleging the school mishandled their reports of sexual assault — marking the first time the college has faced legal action regarding its policies despite two years of highly publicized criticism.
According to the lawsuit, Berkeley allegedly violated federal and state anti-discrimination laws, failed to “warn, train, or educate” the plaintiffs — Sofia Karasek, Nicoletta Commins, and Aryle Butler — “about how to avoid [risk of sexual abuse],” and committed fraud by communicating to them that Berkeley “was safe and that students only experienced a minimal amount of sexual violence.”