What happened with the lawsuit filed against the University
by the parents of a student who accused four football players
of rape?
In June a Saint Joseph
County Superior Court judge dismissed the portion of the lawsuit
against Notre Dame.
The 22-year-old woman and her parents filed the suit in April seeking
an unspecified amount of damages from the University and from
four former Notre Dame football players whom she said raped her
at the home of one of the players in 2002.
The judge dismissed
the claims after the woman and her parents failed to show up for
a hearing in June.
Criminal charges
were filed against all four of the players after they were expelled
(reportedly for sexual misconduct) from Notre Dame, but only one
of the accused was convicted. A second was tried and acquitted.
Charges against the other two were dropped.
All f the players except the one convicted have countersued the woman
and Notre Dame.
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October 2004
