Adrian Suarez Avila/ News Director
adrian.suarezavila@fiusm.com
The University student whose report of sexual assault was made on Saturday, April 4, spoke about her ordeal to 7News earlier this week.
The assaulted student was a young woman. Specifically, a 19-year-old freshman.
Although she asked to remain anonymous, she nonetheless provided information that added further details to a case about which little has been disclosed of by the University Police Department.
“[This is] a nightmare that I’m still living in, and I’m still going through. I’m still in shock that it happened to me,” she told 7News.
According to the account that the student provided, she and a female friend of hers met with a University football player at an unidentified café the night the incident occurred.
Following the meeting at the café, the two women followed the athlete to an apartment, which is where the student was raped.
The student told 7News that her assaulter said she was useless after the encounter, adding to the insult by telling her that she should learn to perform better sexually.
To the assaulted student, her experience is not what many expect when they head off to college, according to the information she provided 7News.
She confessed that she doesn’t feel a sense of safety at the University following what happened, adding that she doesn’t feel that the University is available to help her.
According to the report, a spokesperson for the University informed the news outlet that a University student connected with the accusation was questioned and later released.
Students shared their sentiments on the recent updates.
“Whoever the football player is needs to be kicked out of the team,” said Linda Abreu, a senior public relations major. “And once that’s done he needs to be expelled for his debased act.”
Others shared similar feelings.
“With all of the seminars that the University hosts regarding sexual assault, Its On Us, for example, you’d think that this sort of stuff would not happen,” said Froylan Espinel, a sophomore religious studies major. “I’m happy that the victim is speaking out, but I think the school needs to be more vocal about calling out the guy who raped the girl.”
The University Athletics Department and Police Department could not be reached for comment by press time.
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