USC says there was "troubling delay" in acting on fraternity sexual assault reports
Posted on AllSides October 30th, 2021
From The Left
The University of Southern California on Friday said there was a "troubling delay" in alerting the campus community about allegations of drugging and sexual assault at a fraternity.
USC President Carol Folt said that in late September its Relationship & Sexual Violence Prevention Services, a counseling resource, received between five and seven "confidential disclosures" of possible drugging and sexual assault at a fraternity. Campus-wide communications weren't sent until about a month later.
"We now know that there was a troubling delay in acting on this information, and specifically in evaluating it for...