Former Student Sues UCSB over Sexual Assault Case
Claims Administrators Failed to Properly Investigate Reported Rape
Accompanied by her lawyer and father, a former UCSB student announced Thursday at a press conference that she has filed a federal complaint against the UC Regents. Hayley Moore claims UCSB failed to investigate her sexual assault by a fellow UCSB student, even after Moore reported the incident to multiple campus officials. She is suing for damages, civil penalties, and attorneys’ fees, among other costs.
In October 2014, Moore’s freshman year, she was allegedly drugged at an Isla Vista party and raped by a student at his nearby apartment. Soon after, she gave statements to UCPD and to multiple campus resources intended to help survivors of sexual assault.
However, Moore claims various UCSB administrators discouraged her to seek an investigation through the school. According to the complaint, she was “told that [campus] sexual assault investigations often come down to ‘he said, she said’ and rarely resolve in favor of the victim.” Later that school year, without having pursued a campus investigation, Moore withdrew from college to move back home.
