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A jury ruled Thursday that Virginia Wesleyan College was not liable for the 2012 rape of a female student. The former student filed a lawsuit in 2014, seeking $10 million and alleging that the university "turned a blind eye" to the fact that "male students were drugging female students, rendering them incapacitated and raping them." The alleged rapist was a member of the college's lacrosse team. The university found that the man had assaulted the female student and originally dismissed him, according to the lawsuit, but later allowed the athlete to withdraw voluntarily, instead, and play lacrosse at another institution.
"The jury correctly rejected [the] claim that Virginia Wesleyan College failed to take reasonable and adequate steps for the safety of its students," the college said in a statement. "The college is pleased with the jury’s affirmation of its efforts to provide a safe and secure learning environment for all of its students."
