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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 7 august 2019

Dartmouth settles sexual

misconduct lawsuit for $14M

By MICHAEL CASEY cord. In their lawsuit the at conferences but said,
Associated Press women, who were gradu- through a lawyer, that he
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — ates of or students at the never socialized or had sex-
Dartmouth College an- college, alleged that pro- ual relations with students.
nounced Tuesday that it fessors William Kelley, Paul He also said he wasn’t
has settled a contentious Whalen and Todd Heather- aware of the behavior of
federal lawsuit with nine ton harassed and touched the two others and would
women who sued the women inappropriately, not have condoned it.
school over allegations often while out partying The allegations in the law-
that it ignored years of ha- at bars or at their homes suit sparked heated debate
rassment and assault by where one hosted hot tub at Dartmouth and prompt-
former psychology depart- parties. ed dozens of alumni to In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018 file photo, from left back row,
ment professors. Kelley and Whalen are also demand greater transpar- Annemarie Brown, Andrea Courtney, and Marissa Evans, and
from left front row, Sasha Brietzke, Vassiki Chauhan, Kristina
In a statement Tuesday, each accused of assault- ency and accountability in Rapuano, pose in New York.
both sides say the settle- ing a student after a night the way the school handles Associated Press
ment includes $14 million of drinking, attempting to sexual abuse claims. Some academic departments, misconduct policy and in-
for current and former stu- seduce women under their were demanding the resig- a revision of its sexual mis- clude processes for dealing
dents who can prove they supervision and punishing nation of the college presi- conduct policy and other with violations.
suffered abuse and can those who rebuffed their dent while others the with- measures meant to create It also will start mandatory
meet other conditions de- advances in the Depart- holding of donations. an environment free from training on the federal law
fined in the class action ment of Psychological and The school responded “the abuse of power.” barring gender discrimina-
lawsuit, as well as several Brain Science. this year with a range of President Philip Hanlon tion, put more resources
initiatives by the college “We are satisfied to have promised reforms includ- also said the college plans into mental health and
“to rectify current problems reached an agreement ing an outside review of all to create a single sexual more.q
and prevent future issues.” with Dartmouth College,
“These current and former and are encouraged by
students not only brought to our humble contribution to
light the completely unac- bringing restorative justice
ceptable behavior of these to a body of Dartmouth stu-
three individuals in one dents beyond the named
department, but, through plaintiffs,” the plaintiffs,
their courage, also led to three of whom were anon-
our launching_and now ymous, said in a statement.
with their help, expanding_ Dartmouth said it was un-
initiatives to address issues aware of the allegations
of sexual misconduct and until it was alerted by scores
power imbalances here, of female students.
and we hope over time on The New Hampshire attor-
other campuses as well,” ney general’s office has
Dartmouth Provost Joseph also launched an investi-
Helble, who participated gation.
in three days of discussions Whalen and Kelley could
with the women, said in a not be reached for com-
statement. ment, and it is unclear
The settlement is still sub- if they have attorneys.
ject to approval by a U.S. Heatherton has apologized
District Court judge in Con- for acting inappropriately
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