ST. PETERSBURG â Eckerd College has been sued for negligence for what the lawsuit said was failure to control access to the campus that led to the rape of a student by an off-campus intruder.
In a suit filed Dec. 2 in district court, a former student says she was sexually assaulted in October 2017 by a man who followed her into the bathroom of a friendâs room at a campus residential hall.
A police investigation determined the alleged assailant and another person had gained access to the campus by jumping the perimeter fence.
The incident occurred after the victim had several drinks at a friendâs dorm room following an off-campus party. She later attended a college-sanctioned party at a dormitory complex. Tampa Bay Newspapers does not identify the victims of sexual assaults.