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A girl who claims to be a former volunteer vice chairman of the Rutgers College pupil chapter of Turning Level USA says she was assaulted at one in all their occasions in Maryland, however Turning Level denies its workers knew of the state of affairs or have been concerned… TMZ has discovered.
The girl mentioned in a video shared on social media that she attended a social occasion earlier this yr the place a number of male members “assaulted and raped” her. She reported the incident to native police, however it’s unclear the standing of their investigation.
A authorized consultant for Turning Level instructed TMZ…the group “takes allegations of assault extremely significantly” and has a rigorous response course of.
The rep continued… “After we have been knowledgeable of the October incident, greater than three months after the July occasion in query, we instantly launched an inner investigation and tried to interview everybody concerned. Whereas a number of folks within the room or with data of the incident supplied statements, movies and textual content messages, [accusers name] refused to take part on 4 totally different events.
The group tells us… “The room through which the alleged incident occurred was not a part of the Turning Level USA room block” and that “people booked this room independently.”
The group tells us that everybody interviewed “was adamant that no sexual assault had occurred.” Turning Level tells TMZ there’s blood on it [her] the garments have been from her interval and weren’t the results of any assault, in keeping with these current.
The consultant mentioned that “the Rutgers police report that was in the end filed on October 26 additionally doesn’t embody allegations of sexual assault, however fairly refers to a video” that seems to depict consensual slapping with [the accuser] slapping an unidentified man and combating with pillows.'”
The group instructed TMZ… “The scholar concerned within the alleged incident was kicked out of the occasion the next day following an unrelated matter, after which he was instantly disinvited from future occasions and has no affiliation with the group.”
The consultant is adamant: “At no time have been any TPUSA employees concerned, nor have been employees made conscious of those allegations throughout the occasion. Had they been dropped at our consideration, we’d have instantly assisted the scholar in partaking regulation enforcement and supplied any needed assist. Scholar security stays our prime precedence.