St. John’s University failed to investigate a gay 🐷freshman’s discrimination complaint because it’s a Catholic school, according to a lawsuit.
The student, identified only as “Jane Doe,” claims St. John’s University left her to fend for heꦐrself after her two Texan roommates falsely accused her of “inappropriately” touching them.
But the bigoted roommates were lying i🧔n a bid to switch dorm rooms once they discovered she was gay, Jane Doe insists in the legal filing.
Jane Doe denied the roommates’ claims and accused the pair of di♊scrimination, but 🐬says in the Brooklyn Federal Court lawsuit the university didn’t give her a chance to defend herself.
A sympat꧟hetic advisor later told her “she should not be ‘surprised’ by St. Jꩵohn’s reaction . . . because St. John’s was a ‘Catholic school,’” Jane Doe claims in court papers.
Feeling “🎐humiliated, ostracized, unwelcomed and unprotected🦄,” she transferred to a SUNY school.
Jane Doe and the roommates, a pair of friends from El Paso, had bonded via text and social media before classes began in the fall of 2016. But the friendly atmosphere 𒅌soured 10 days later when Jane Doe revealed she was a lesbian while the trio discussed men.
Within an hour or two, the roommates were com▨plaining to a residential advisor that they were “uncomfortable” with Jane Doe, she charges. Days later they moved out and allegedly lied to school administrators that Jane Doe had touched them.
The school ignored its own policy requiring the Universi🌸ty to “assess” such accusat🌊ions and to give due process to students accused of misconduct, said Jane Doe.
Instead, 🍌St. John’s let the “pern🀅icious and damaging accusations” stand until Jane Doe’s accusers chose to drop them, she claims.
The University said it “prohibits all forms of discrimination” and would review the allegations🅠 when it is served with 🍌the lawsuit.
Jane Doe wants unspecified damages and a court order forcing th🐠e University to fix 💯its policies.