Sunday, November 23, 2014

Farce as prosecutor appointed to investigate 'UVA frat gang rape' is forced to resign HOURS later because he was a member of same brotherhood

  • Former federal prosecutor Mark Filip was appointed on Thursday night
  • Role withdrawn on Friday because he is a Phi Kappa Psi alumnus 
  • A current junior, identified as 'Jackie' in Rolling Stone article, says she was raped by a group of Phi Kappa Psi men at the house in September 2012
  • Jackie told a dean about the gang rape, but says the school never opened an investigation until threatened with a damaging article this week
  • She also says that two other women have told her of similar experiences at the fraternity, where President Woodrow Wilson was a brother 
  • University of Virginia President Teresa A Sullivan issued a statement on Wednesday saying a fraternity in now under investigation by local police
  • The fraternity's house was graffitied early Thursday morning with the words 'Suspend us!' and 'UVA Center for RAPE Studies'
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  • Forced to resign: Former federal prosecutor Mark Filip stepped down hours after he was appointed to oversee a review into alleged gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity of which he is an alumnus

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