Liberty University will pay $14 million, the largest fine ever levied under the federal Clery Act

 

Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine for the Christian school's failure to disclose information about crimes on its campus and for its treatment of sexual assault survivors, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday. The fine is by far the largest ever levied under the Clery Act, a law that requires colleges and universities that receive federal funding to collect data on campus crime and notify students of threats. Schools must disseminate an annual security report that includes crime reports and information on efforts to improve campus safety. Liberty has marketed itself for years as having one of the nation’s safest campuses, with more than 15,000 students enrolled at the school in Lynchburg, Virginia. But its police department had a single officer with minimal oversight for investigating crimes during most of the time period reviewed by federal investigators, 2016 to 2023. The U.S. Department of Education said it identified numerous cases that resulted in the misclassification or underreporting of crimes. And there were several incidents that the university determined to be unfounded without evidence the initial report was false. “This was especially common with respect to sexually based offenses, including rape and fondling cases,” the settlement agreement stated. Federal investigators cited a case in which a woman reported being raped, with the attacker telling her he had a knife, the settlement agreement stated. Liberty's investigator "unfounded this case based on a claim that the ‘victim indicates that she consented to the sexual act,'” the agreement stated. “In point of fact, the victim’s own statement merely indicated that she ‘gave in’ in an attempt to get away from the perpetrator.” That incident was ultimately counted in the crime statistics, the agreement stated, after Liberty’s Clery compliance officer realized the case was “mishandled at several points in the process." Many victims of sexual crimes feared reporting because of concerns of reprisal, the agreement stated. Several were punished for violating the student code of conduct known as "The Liberty Way," while their assailants were left unpunished. Full Story: https://www.wral.com/story/liberty-un... Subscribe to WRAL: https://youtube.com/c/wral5

CYRUS VANCE, NYC CORRUPTION,FAILURE TO PROSECUTE,TRUMP FRAUD

 

This has been bothering me for a long time - the story of how Don Jr. and Ivanka got out of a fraud charge in NYC. No one seems to remember or talk about it, among the litany of other Trump family crimes. Then, lo and behold, as I'm reading 'Untouchable', by Elie Honig, former assistant district attorney at SDNY, comes the story behind it. The case first appeared in New Yorker magazine in 2017 - "How Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. Avoided a Criminal Indictment." The recap:

- the Trumps were having trouble selling condos in the Trump Soho building.

- the building had to be 15% sold out for bank financing to kick in.

- Don and Ivanka started telling prospective buyers that the building was between 31 - 55% sold, as an inducement to buy, which is fraud.

- after investors complained of being taken, prosecutors at SDNY spent 2 years building a case against the Trumps.

- prosecutors wanted to proceed with charges but were told to quit the case by SDNY district attorney Cyrus Vance.

- this occurred after Vance had a highly unusual meeting with Trump Sr's attorney Marc Kasowitz, who had made a $25,000 donation to Vance's reelection campaign, in January of that same year.

- shortly before the meeting, Vance returned the donation, contending that it was his 'standard practice', when meeting with an attorney who had made a campaign donation.

- 3 months after meeting with Kasowitz, Vance dropped the case against 'Bimbo Barbie' Ivanka and Beavis....or is it Butthead Don Jr., over the objections of his investigators, who had amassed irrefutable evidence of the fraud.

- weeks after dropping the case, Vance received $50,000 in donations from Kasowitz and his law partners.

Vance did something similar when Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual assault in NYC, dropping the case, despite recorded and eye witness evidence. Donations to his re-election campaign were also involved.

You can't make this shit up. This is the same Cyrus Vance who allowed the Trump hush money case to go forward at SDNY, as he was leaving office. No campaign donations required, and no loyalty among thieves.

So Miss Butter-Wouldn't -Melt-In-Her-Mouth Ivanka is just as corrupt as the rest of the clan, and probably more so, as she was the first to abandon ship, claiming nothing to do with any Trump crooked business practices, blah, blah, blah. All she cares about is her and pin head Jared's social status among the filthy rich, treasonous denizens of Palm Beach Florida.

I was aware of CYRUS VANCE'S questionable decision with HARVEY WEINSTEIN....but not the other stuff????

There was also another case he failed to pursue -

Settlement reached in Strauss-Kahn, NYC hotel maid case

NEW YORK Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a New York City hotel maid have signed a settlement of her sexual assault lawsuit, a judge announced Monday, saying terms of the deal were confidential.

The lawsuit stemmed from a May 2011 hotel suite encounter. It also spurred criminal charges, forced Strauss-Kahn's resignation from the IMF and cut off his potential candidacy for the French presidency.

The criminal case was dropped after prosecutors said his accuser, Nafissatou Diallo, had credibility problems. She said she always told the truth about the encounter.

Strauss-Kahn called her suit defamatory and countersued for $1 million. He submitted the claim two weeks after a court denied his claim that he should be protected under diplomatic immunity.

• Strauss-Kahn, hotel maid agree to settle sex civil suit
• Prosecutor launches new Dominique Strauss-Kahn rape probe
• Dominique Strauss-Kahn sues New York maid Nafissatou Diallo for $1 million in damages

Strauss-Kahn's lawyers acknowledged late last month there had been settlement talks, though they dismissed as "flatly false" a French newspaper report that Strauss-Kahn had agreed to pay $6 million. Diallo's lawyers declined to comment.

Both Diallo's and Strauss-Kahn's lives have been upended since the day in May 2011 that she reported he forced her to perform oral sex and tried to rape her after she went to clean his room. He said the encounter was consensual.

Diallo, 33, a Guinean immigrant and widowed mother of a teenage girl, was whisked into protective custody with her daughter for weeks in a hotel. She hasn't returned to the job she held for three years at the Sofitel New York; she is on workers' compensation, the hotel chain says. Her lawyers have said Strauss-Kahn tore a ligament in her shoulder, which he disputes.

Strauss-Kahn, 63, was arrested and charged with attempted rape and other crimes and resigned from his IMF job. He soon found himself recast from promising, if philandering, French presidential contender to transcontinental sexual suspect. Since Diallo came forward, other sexual assault and prostitution allegations have emerged against him.

IMF Director accused of sex assault in NYC20 PHOTOS

Though some were withdrawn or deemed too old for prosecutors to pursue, he faces aggravated pimping charges related to a suspected prostitution ring run from a French luxury hotel. He says he attended "libertine" gatherings but wasn't aware anyone was paid for sex. A French court is due to rule Dec. 19 on his bid to get those charges thrown out.

French prosecutors are also investigating claims of rape that allegedly took place during December 2010 at the W Hotel in Washington. Two Belgian prostitutes questioned in another probe said Strauss-Kahn was violent during sex with them. One of them said the Strauss-Kahn forced a sexual act even as she objected, and another man held her arms down as the former IMF chief assaulted her. Though neither woman has pursued legal action, French laws allow authorities to investigate without a formal complaint.

Adding further turmoil to his personal life, Strauss-Kahn and his wife, journalist Ann Sinclair, have separated. Strauss-Kahn has been trying to rebuild his professional stature by giving speeches at international conferences and reportedly setting up a consulting company in Paris.

Manhattan prosecutors dropped their case against Strauss-Kahn in August 2011, saying they had developed doubts about Diallo's trustworthiness. They said she had wavered in recounting her movements after the alleged attack and lied to them about her past, including a convincing but fictitious story of being gang-raped before.

Diallo's attorneys said her civil case would prove her right about Strauss-Kahn.

"It didn't happen with the DA, but we intend to vindicate Ms. Diallo's rights," one of her lawyers, Kenneth P. Thompson, said in March.

Strauss-Kahn's side was no less blunt.

"We have maintained from the beginning that the motivation of Mr. Thompson and his client was to make money," William W. Taylor III and other Strauss-Kahn attorneys said when Diallo sued in August 2011. Strauss-Kahn later filed a $1 million defamation suit against her.

Neither case has come close to trial.

The Associated Press generally does not name people who report being sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly, which Diallo did.

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DECEMBER 10, 2012 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/settlement-reached-in-strauss-kahn-nyc-hotel-maid-case/?fbclid=IwAR0hDjF9FEGVvONBCpl-6ZddK0qYhZ5hkaPhB-XlDUY10oeqiwVbBywXgEs

CYRUS VANCE used to have an impressive public record....much like GHOULiani.....

Guess everyone deserves SCRUTINY - LOTS OF SCRUTINY!

Jimmy Breslin and the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS could not have written any more about Daffy Don's abuse of the law and much else.....

At that time, who was thinking about CYRUS VANCE's failures to prosecute????

It's time for voters to SUPPORT candidates who don't accept corporate contributions!

DEMOCRACY is not a SPECTATOR SPORT!

We all need to get involved to STOP THIS CORRUPTION!