Berkely Beacon
7.1.15 | Laura King

In an email to the Emerson community, President M. Lee Pelton responded to the NBC Dateline episode on campus sexual assault that featured the stories of two former Emerson students. The email was sent immediately after the episode, Crisis on Campus, aired on June 21.

The episode primarily follows the stories of Jillian Doherty, 22, and Sarah Tedesco, 20, who both say their rape cases were mishandled by the college. Doherty and Tedesco detail each of their attacks and their experiences with the college.

Doherty said on Dateline that she was raped in 2012 by a fellow Emerson student after consensual sex in his dorm room. She said that she did not report the assault to the school until the following year, when she joined a campaign started by Tedesco to improve policies surrounding sexual assault at Emerson. Doherty filed a lawsuit against Emerson in 2014 that was dismissed by a federal judge. She recently resubmitted her complaint.

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