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Accused Student Awarded $142,000 In Attorney’s Fees After Court Finds Campus Procedures Unfair

Ashe Schow
Accused Student Awarded $142,000 In Attorney’s Fees After Court Finds Campus Procedures Unfair
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A University of Southern California (USC) student was awarded $142,100 in attorney’s fees after the California Second District Court of Appeal found the student was “denied a fair hearing” after being accused of sexual assault and rape.

The student, referred to in court documents reviewed by The Daily Wire as John Doe, was accused of sexually assaulting and raping a woman referred to only as Jane Roe after a night of partying and drinking. The two met while attending a “paint party” during which participants threw cups of paint on each other. Multiple colors of paint were used, including red. One student later interviewed as a witness during John’s Title IX investigation said she had red paint on her body, including behind her ears, for days after the party.

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