A Princeton University student was suspended for two years after two women accused him of choking them on separate occasions. He presented text messages and other evidence to show their stories didn’t add up. He says he was treated with hostility during his campus hearing, where one administrator allegedly fell asleep.
The student, referred to only as John Doe in his lawsuit against the university, now alleges Princeton violated his constitutional rights by ignoring his evidence and allowing his accusers to repeatedly change their stories.
Princeton Freshman
March 2023
In March of 2023, John was a freshman at Princeton University and became friends with a fellow female student referred to in court documents as Sarah Smith.
Then, while attending an event at a Princeton Eating Club on March 3, John asked Sarah to keep an eye on his female friend — a woman only referred to as “Student…