Dive Brief:

• Two Brown University football players accused of sexual assault were ordered to leave campus in late April.
• While the freshman football players are accused of assaulting a female Providence College freshman in a Brown dorm room in November 2013, the university did not become aware of the complaint until February 13, shortly after the alleged victim filed a complaint with Providence, RI, police.
• Providence police are working with the state attorney general’s office to determine whether the case will go to a state grand jury, the Providence Journal reported.

Dive Insight:

This case raises a potential issue for campus sexual assault investigations: Should colleges and universities be required to work together when a case involves students from more than one school? The alleged victim says she was apparently drugged by the football players. Nine days after the student filed her complaint with the police, Providence College issued a “No Trespass” order against the Brown students, but apparently Brown University was not informed. An attorney for the accused students filed a civil complaint in Superior Court against the Providence College student, claiming she made false and defamatory statements about his clients, but the complaint was dismissed.