Liberty University Suffers Gross Embarassment and Loss of Millions For Hiding Sexual Assaults Because of the Lax Immoral Bad Leadership of Jerry Falwell, Jr.

As one example, the review team calls attention to LUPD Incident #19-02750.20 In this case, a victim reported that she was raped. The victim stated that in furtherance of the attack, the perpetrator slapped her, pulled her hair, and threatened her by reminding her that he carried a knife. The perpetrator also engaged in coercive, intimidating, and manipulative behaviors. Despite these reported facts, the investigator unfounded this case based on a claim that the “victim indicates that she consented to the sexual act.”

In point of fact, the victim’s own statement merely indicated that she “gave in” in an attempt to get away from the perpetrator. To state the obvious, “consent” acquired by threat or force is no consent at all. To make matters worse, it is now clear that the initial report was mishandled by an LUPD officer, and in that process, the investigator, and the LUPD at large, failed to gather more information about two other incidents of sexual assault reported by the victim.

Responding to the agreement, Liberty University complained in their own press release that “Many of the Department’s methodologies, findings, and calculations in the report were drastically different from their historic treatment of other universities” and that “Liberty disagrees with this unfair treatment.”

https://protestia.com/2024/03/05/liberty-university-agrees-to-pay-14-million-for-concealing-underreporting-sexual-abuse/