'Instead of investigating the rape and providing support to Mara, Visible punished Mara for coming forward.' 'Visible has retaliated against Mara in numerous ways,' her complaint says. The complaint is asking the DOE to look into whether the school violated the Clery Act- a federal campus safety law requiring colleges to support victims of campus crimes- and whether the school discriminated against Louk under the gender equity law Title IX. 'That's truly how I felt for a long time because everything seemed to keep getting worse.' 'I just felt like, why did I even speak up?' Louk told NBC News.
Louk claims the school administrators also tried to stop her from telling anyone else at the school about her alleged rape. School officials also advised Louk they would not be conducting a Title IX investigation because the alleged assault did not take place on campus, according to the complaint. School officials also advised Louk they would not be conducting a Title IX investigation because the alleged assault did not take place on campus, (pictured) the complaint said Louk says the school threatened to have her expelled unless she signed a confession and finished the school year remotely.She says the accused classmate told school officials she had sex with her ex-boyfriend that semester and the school said she faced discipline.Louk claims school administrators accused her of breaking school rules against premarital sex with another student, despite her denying having sex with him.According to the complaint, school administrators told her because the police did not charge the classmate, he would continue to attend classes.Louk claims that when she told the school that a fellow classmate had choked and raped her last November, the school did nothing.
Department of Education against Visible Music College