ND student fondled, report not published
Observer Staff Report
A Notre Dame student was forcibly fondled by another student Nov. 3, according to Notre Dame Security Police.
The sex offense occurred in a residence hall on campus and was reported to Residence Life shortly after the incident, director of security Rex Rakow said. The student also reported the fondling to Security on Nov. 13 but the incident was not entered into the police log until Jan. 22 when Security concluded their investigation and passed the case on to ResLife, Rakow said.
Rakow could not explain why the incident was not recorded in the log in a timely manner of Nov. 13 as required by law.
"For some unexplained reason, it didn't get bloated at that time," Rakow said.
Rakow did not believe the fondler posed a threat to the community so press releases were not issued and posters were not placed around campus.
"[Whether or not to publicize acquaintance sexual assaults] is always widely interpreted," Rakow said. "We don't report acquaintance rape as danger in that we post flyers. We don't send out a flyer in the middle of the night because that's not going to do any good."
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