Overview
- Court filings show Leo Rossitter, 24, is charged with rape of an intoxicated person, oral copulation of an intoxicated person, and penetration by force and a December hearing is set to schedule the criminal trial.
- The woman who accuses Rossitter says the assault occurred when she was visibly intoxicated after a party and that he climbed onto her dorm bed after she rejected his advances, according to her op-ed and contemporaneous messages reviewed by the Stanford Daily.
- Stanford’s Title IX process found Rossitter responsible by a preponderance of the evidence for nonconsensual oral sex, digital penetration, and unprotected vaginal penetration and suspended him for two years; he became eligible to return this fall.
- The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office says prosecutors are preparing for trial and working to improve communication with the accuser after she published an op-ed alleging months of delays and poor coordination among the university, campus police, and prosecutors.
- Rossitter remains enrolled at Stanford and is taking classes off campus while students and campus groups press the university for clearer safety policies and faster, more transparent handling of sexual-assault complaints.