(BOSTON) JUNE 8 – A MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE DEFENDING ITSELF IN A CIVIL SUIT AGAINST A STUDENT WHO WAS RAPED WHILE STUDYING ABROAD IS ALLEGING IN COURT PAPERS THAT THE STUDENT WAS PARTLY TO BLAME.
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THE ADVOCATES FOR THE VICTIM SAY THEY WANT THE JUDGE IN THE CIVIL CASE TO RULE THAT A VICTIM IS NEVER RESPONSIBLE FOR HER OWN RAPE AND IN THAT WAY SET JUDICIAL PRECEDENT.
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COLBY BRUNO, SENIOR LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE BOSTON BASED VICTIM RIGHTS CENTER WANTS TO SEE A JUDICIAL RULING THAT NO VICTIM IS EVER RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS OR HER OWN RAPE.
VICTIM RIGHTS LAW CENTER SENIOR LEGAL COUNSEL COLBY BRUNO SAYS WE AS A SOCIETY TEND TO BLAME RAPE VICTIMS DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE NO CONTROL.