Date: 06-08-2018

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Case Number: 0:18-cv-01596-DWF-HB

Judge: Donovan W. Frank

Court: United States District Court for the District of Minnesota (Hennepin County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: David Madgett

Defendant's Attorney: No appearance as of June 9, 2018.

Description: Minneapolis, MN - University of Minnesota football players sued the Regents of the University of Minnesota, Eric Kaler and Tina Marsiam on civil rights discrimination in education theories claiming that the defendants did not properly handle sexual assault allegations levied against them by a young woman who claimed the players sexually assaulted (gang raped) her.

The University suspended or expelled five for violating the student code of conduct.

The Plaintiff claimed that they were wrongfully scapegoated by the Defendants.

Outcome: Pending

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