Yale Accused of Not Protecting Women

The family of a female Yale student who was murdered by a male coworker is suing the university for not doing enough to prevent the tragedy.

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The family of Annie Le, the Yale University graduate student who was murdered by a lab technician in September 2009 at the Yale Animal Research Center, has filed a lawsuit against Yale University and Yale School of Medicine citing that the school failed to protect Le despite previous indications that the technician, Raymond Clark, posed a threat to her safety. The lawsuit goes further in claiming the university has a long history of negligence when it comes to protecting women against aggression and harassment. According to the 10-page lawsuit, "sexual attacks on and harassment of women at Yale had been a well-documented and long-standing problem, and there was a widespread belief that Yale repeatedly failed to impose meaningful discipline on offenders."

The lawsuit also accuses ...

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