Rape Allegations at College
The number of sexual battery allegations has risen dramatically on college campuses throughout Florida including the University of Tampa and the University of South Florida in Hillsborough County, FL.
Recent studies based on a survey of 6,129 college students enrolled at 32 educational institutions in the United States have shown:
- One in eight college women report having been raped while 54% of women surveyed reported being the victim of some form sexual abuse;
- 84% of those women knew their assailant before the attack; and
- 57% of those rapes happened on a date.
To avoid liability for not properly handling Title IX complaints, colleges and universities bend over backward to side with the accuser, even when the evidence starts to suggest that the allegations are fabricated.
Lots of problems exist with the use of Title IX for campus sexual assault cases in colleges and universities across the country. Those problems have direct and indirect consequences for a possible criminal accusation as well.
Attorneys for Rape Allegations at Colleges in Florida
Contact an experienced criminal defense attorney immediately after learning of an accusation of sexual battery by a college student from Tampa in Hillsborough County, Bartow in Polk County, New Port Richey or Dade City in Pasco County or St. Petersburg or Clearwater in Pinellas County, Florida.
We are particularly experienced with the policies and procedures used at the the University of Tampa (UT) and the University of South Florida (USF) when a student is accused of committing sexual battery on another student.
Disciplinary hearings also occur at Stetson Law School, Hillsborough Community College, Florida Southern, and higher learning institutions throughout the greater Tampa Bay area.
We help college and university students attending school in and around Tampa in Hillsborough County, Bartow and Lakeland in Polk County, Dade City and New Port Richey in Pasco County, and St. Petersburg and Clearwater in Pinellas County, FL.
Not only do you have to worry about the criminal investigation after a false allegation, but you also have to fight the actions the university might make during a disciplinary hearing. Depending on the result of the disciplinary hearing, it might result in the student being expelled from the university or suspended for some period of time.
We work hard to protect the student after an allegation of a disciplinary or academic violation. Let us put our experience to work for you.
Call the experienced criminal defense lawyers at the Sammis Law Firm at (813) 250-0500.
This article was last updated on Thursday, April 9, 2020.
