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A Kenyan man filed a $3 million federal lawsuit against BYU on Tuesday, alleging that administrators favored his female accusers when they expelled him to shield themselves from accusations that they fail to protect women from sexual assault.
The dean of students suspended and then expelled the unnamed man in 2013 after more than three dozen complaints of plagiarism, admissions fraud and Honor Code violations, including sexual harrassment. The suit claimed the university denied him due process rights that he believed would have exonerated him of all wrongdoing.
“He was expelled from BYU for scurrilous allegations,” said his attorney, Aaron Garrett. “The contention in this case is that Mr. Doe didn’t receive a fair hearing from BYU.”
The lawsuit includes allegations of negligence and defamation against BYU because the school has shared information about his BYU record with Utah Valley University and Auburn University. He lost jobs at both schools and Auburn expelled him from a doctoral program last year, according to the suit.
The man asked the university for a list of allegations against him in 2015 and BYU provided a list of 35 alleged Honor Code violations, most of which were new to him.
For those he did know about, the lawsuit said the university neglected “to conduct a full and fair investigation because the accusations were being levied by a woman against a man.”
The lawsuit asks the court to order BYU to give him an A in every class during semesters affected by what it calls false, inaccurate and misleading accusations. It also requests that the court order BYU to list him as a student and employee in good standing.
BYU has not yet been served notice of the lawsuit, university spokeswoman Carri Jenkins said.
-deseretnews.com
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