REPEAL TITLE IX: Another Title IX Investigation Run Amok.

Wednesday the NY Times published a lengthy description of another Title IX investigation run amok. This case is unusual for a couple of reasons. First the accuser eventually turned out to be a professor from another school and second, the accused was a lesbian professor and her wife. It all started when Sarah Viren, who wrote the piece for the Times, applied for a job at a college in Michigan. . . .

Both Sarah and Marta were convinced the claims were false, but how do you prove an anonymous accusation is false? In the meantime, more anonymous accusations were being delivered to the school where Sarah and Marta taught. Someone claiming to be a grad student named “Rebecca James” claimed she had been propositioned by Marta.

The person investigating the claim on the school’s behalf, Melanie, quickly discovered that no such student existed. Sarah asked if the fact that the accuser didn’t exist meant the investigation would be closed and Melanie explained that’s not how things work.

Universities should get a federal funding “death penalty” for this sort of behavior. One strike and you’re out.