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Doe v. Gonzaga University
Facts
Plaintiff was a student at Gonzaga University (Gonzaga). He had a sexually intimate relationship with Jane Doe, who was also a student at Gonzaga. Roberta League (League) an employee at Gonzaga overheard Julia Lynch (Lynch), a student, tell another student that Jane Doe was in obvious physical pain after Plaintiff raped her. League knew Plaintiff and told Dr. Susan Kyle (Kyle), another employee at Gonzaga, what she had overheard. League and Kyle met with Lynch. According to Lynch, Jane Doe told Lynch that Plaintiff had sexually assaulted her three times. Adelle Nora, an investigator, conducted an extensive investigation into the possibility of date rape. The school investigated the crime with multiple witnesses including Jane Doe. Plaintiff was not informed. The dean of Gonzaga met with the university’s employees and thereafter decided not to sign Plaintiff’s moral character affidavit for Plaintiff’s teaching certification. Plaintiff sued Defendant for defamation. The jury awa rded Plaintiff $500,000.00. Defendant appealed.
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