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(un)silenced: Journeys through Ohio State\u2019s Title IX process<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Aftermath<\/h3>\n
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Kat Kinnen<\/h2>\n
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Syreeta Palackdharry<\/h2>\n
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Lisa Radochonksi<\/h2>\n
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Uma Subrayan<\/h2>\n
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Ashley Yong<\/h2>\n
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\u201cI was able to say to him, \u2018This is how much pain you\u2019ve caused me. I hope you never do this to anyone again.\u2019\u201d<\/h2>\n
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\u201cHealing is a lifelong journey. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s ever going to be a point in my life where I feel fully healed from what happened to me.\u201d<\/h2>\n
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\u201cI felt like I didn\u2019t have control over anything. And that mainly motivated me to report in the first place.\u201d<\/h2>\n
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Maeve Walsh<\/strong><\/h1>\n
John R. Oller Special Projects Editor<\/em><\/h2>\n
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Sarah Szilagy<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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F<\/strong><\/span>or victims and survivors of sexual violence, the conclusion of a Title IX case doesn\u2019t end the impact the assault \u2014 and the process \u2014 has on them.<\/p>\n
A closed case, regardless of the outcome, may provide closure to some. But for the five women who have shared their stories in \u201c(un)silenced: Journeys through Ohio State\u2019s Title IX process,\u201d it didn\u2019t erase the trauma they accumulated, nor did it undo what their perpetrators did to them.<\/p>\n
These women left Title IX and Ohio State with residual pain: nightmares, anxiety, suicidal thoughts or post-traumatic stress disorder. They left with memories of invasive questions, unempathetic friends or investigators and upended lives. They also left with new career goals, healthy relationships and personal growth \u2014 what they described as increased empathy, more assertiveness or self-compassion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Some have moved away or gone home, heading toward new jobs or educational opportunities. All have found themselves, in one way or another, alive in the aftermath. These are their stories.<\/p>\n
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\u201c(un)silenced: Journeys through Ohio State\u2019s Title IX process\u201d is a four-part series about Title IX at Ohio State. It centers on the voices of five students who experienced sexual violence while at the university and their journey through the Title IX process.\u00a0<\/i>Part four\u00a0<\/i><\/b>looks beyond the conclusion of a Title IX case \u2014 whether through an outcome letter, informal resolution or dropped charges \u2014 to the lasting impact on victims and survivors and their reflections on the process and their time at Ohio State.<\/i><\/p>\n
Details pertaining to sexual assault, violence and harassment, as well as mentions of suicidal ideation, may be disturbing or triggering for some readers.<\/i><\/p>\n
In order to verify these stories, The Lantern obtained official letters, emails, court documents and other records for each case. For the safety of the women, the names and major identifying features of perpetrators are not included in this series.<\/i><\/p>\n
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For those who have or know someone who has experienced sexual violence, there are resources available.<\/i><\/p>\n
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Report an incident of sexual misconduct to Title IX\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/li>\n
Sexual Assault Response Network of Central Ohio On-Campus Advocates:\u00a0 614-688-2518<\/a><\/li>\n
SARNCO 24\/7 Helpline:\u00a0 614-267-7020<\/a><\/li>\n
Ohio State STAR Trauma Recovery Center<\/a>:\u00a0 614-293-7827<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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Uma Subrayan<\/b><\/h2>\n
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W<\/span>hen people ask Uma Subrayan about her time at Ohio State, the first thing that comes to mind is the man who stalked and harassed her for more than a year.<\/p>\n
She said it\u2019s undoubtedly changed how she functions; she has the habit of checking if her bedroom door is locked each night, and she can\u2019t shake the paranoia that follows her around campus. Since 2019, she\u2019s had flashbacks to the painful memories of her stalker\u2019s incessant text messages, him showing up to her TA office hours and the fateful night he snuck into her dorm room and stole her shoes.<\/p>\n
But Subrayan, a May 2020 graduate, said it took a long time for her to begin processing what happened to her. Before then, she only acknowledged how her case affected her friends \u2014 who were friends with her stalker.<\/p>\n
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\u201cDuring the case \u2014 and even before and after \u2014 people would always say, \u2018I think she\u2019s exaggerating. Someone came up to me after they heard about the case and they were like, \u2018If you guys didn\u2019t date, what was there to report?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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Uma Subrayan, left, poses with a friend at Buckeyethon 2019.<\/p>\n
Courtesy of Uma Subrayan<\/h6>\n
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Subrayan said the mutual friends she had with her stalker were upset with her after she reported the shoe incident \u2014 they failed to understand why what he did was wrong. When her stalker was removed from his student organization after they became aware of the report, the resentment deepened. For a while, Subrayan internalized those messages.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI started feeling a little guilt. Like, \u2018Oh my gosh, I just ruined this guy\u2019s life. What did I do?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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To make matters worse, Subrayan said, she felt guilty for another reason: When her stalker stole her shoes, he inadvertently grabbed a few of her suitemate\u2019s shoes \u2014 thus entangling her in what Subrayan told herself was her own mess to handle.<\/p>\n
That suitemate, Rachel Leimkuehler, said she never blamed Subrayan for her shoes getting stolen \u2014 that blame is reserved for Subrayan\u2019s stalker.<\/p>\n
Leimkuehler said she actually met Subrayan in the bathroom of Park-Stradley Hall their freshman year \u2014 they brushed their teeth at the same time, and her roommate was friends with Subrayan. They were nothing more than casual acquaintances when they ended up suitemates the next year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe became a lot closer then throughout the year, commiserating about our roommates who weren\u2019t the best,\u201d Leimkuehler said.<\/p>\n
Both women agree the shoe incident cemented their friendship \u2014 Subrayan said after they reported it, she and her stalker\u2019s mutual friends ostracized both of them. She said it felt nice to have a supportive person who saw the harassment and who wanted to support her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve never had a bond with someone like that,\u201d Subrayan said. \u201cWhere we can be serious when we need to be serious and we have each other\u2019s backs, but in some of the moments of darkness, we\u2019re able to find some kind of light and we\u2019re able to laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n
In fact, Subrayan said Leimkuehler was her \u201clifeline,\u201d especially when her mental health declined.<\/p>\n
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In spring 2019, Subrayan said her day-to-day life constantly triggered flashbacks and panic attacks, and her anxiety was so severe that she would wake up and vomit from nausea. Her depression also deepened, and at its worst she said she began having suicidal thoughts.<\/p>\n
She said Leimkuehler was there for her to talk to the whole time \u2014 during the investigation and beyond.<\/p>\n
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Uma\u00a0Subrayan in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n
Courtesy of Uma Subrayan<\/h6>\n
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\u201cShe just listened, and I just needed someone to listen during that time,\u201d Subrayan said. \u201cAnd that was something that I wasn\u2019t really used to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leimkuehler said in the aftermath of the case and Subrayan\u2019s mental health, she\u2019s noticed Subrayan has grown into a much more assertive person. Both women said before the stalking and during the investigation, Subrayan was a \u201cpeople pleaser\u201d \u2014 willing to not only sacrifice for the comfort of others, but to endure friends shaming and blaming her for her stalker\u2019s actions and dismissing the impact it had on her.<\/p>\n
Now, however, Subrayan is more comfortable shifting her priorities to herself.<\/p>\n
\u201cUma\u2019s not afraid to call somebody on what they\u2019re saying, to really see people\u2019s true colors,\u201d Leimkuehler said. \u201cShe\u2019s grown a lot, and she\u2019s outgrown a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Subrayan said she\u2019s learned how to manage her triggers through meditation in the mornings and evenings and by doing yoga and other exercise. She also limits the amount of time she spends on social media, instead setting aside time to do arts and crafts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She hopes to start an Etsy store to sell art and donate proceeds to organizations that support victims and survivors of sexual violence.<\/p>\n
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Aside from figuring out her triggers and how to mitigate them, Subrayan said one thing she\u2019s working on is automatically associating her time at Ohio State with her stalker. Instead, she reminds herself how much she\u2019s grown and the positive ways her life has changed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m oddly grateful to the situation because the amount of growth I\u2019ve experienced, I don\u2019t know if I would have experienced it in any other situation,\u201d Subrayan said. \u201cIf it hadn\u2019t had happened, \u2026 it would have probably been a more calm or peaceful life, but I just learned to really appreciate myself and the strength that I exhibit.\u201d<\/p>\n
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S<\/span>hortly after receiving the outcome letter from her Title IX hearing, Ashley Yong trained to be a Sexual Assault Response Network of Central Ohio volunteer.<\/p>\n
She was tasked with taking calls from SARNCO\u2019s 24\/7 helpline, helping victims of relationship and sexual violence work through crises and shock after assaults. Yong said her therapist cautioned against jumping into something potentially triggering so soon after experiencing trauma.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just frankly didn\u2019t listen to her and I did it anyways,\u201d Yong said. \u201cIt really served a beautiful part of my healing process.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Yong\u2019s sexual assault and Title IX case took more than half of her two years at Ohio State. She said it both affected and focused her work; constantly dealing with the reffects of trauma made it difficult to enjoy being a student, but she dedicated much of her research to understanding sexual violence in higher education.<\/p>\n
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Christian Harsa | Special Projects Director<\/span><\/p>\n
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Now, having just received her master\u2019s in higher education, Yong has her sights set on the University of Utah\u2019s McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention, where she\u2019ll research sexual violence with particular regard to its impact on marginalized communities.<\/p>\n
Yong said the McCluskey Center is named after Lauren McCluskey, a 21-year-old University of Utah student who was killed in 2018 by a man she dated \u2014 the same man\u00a0 she reported<\/a>\u00a0to campus and local police several times for his threatening behavior, to no avail. As part of her role, Yong will also educate the campus community on ways to prevent relationship and sexual violence.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really excited because it really beautifully marries my heart for justice and advocacy, and also this relationship with sexual violence work that I so deeply care about and want to do with my career,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Yong, who was sexually assaulted in her apartment by a date in September 2019, said she doesn\u2019t regret going through the Title IX process. Even though her perpetrator wasn\u2019t found in violation for any Code of Student Conduct charges, Yong said the investigation and hearing provided closure.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was able to say to him, \u2018This is how much pain you\u2019ve caused me. I hope you never do this to anyone again,\u2019\u201d Yong said.<\/p>\n
But she acknowledged the end of the Title IX process didn\u2019t bring as much relief as she thought it would.<\/p>\n
In the months after her hearing, Yong was diagnosed with PTSD and began taking antidepressants \u2014 which she said presented a challenge in finding the right dose and type of medication. She said although she knew how important processing her trauma through therapy was for her healing, it became increasingly difficult to prioritize.<\/p>\n
Emily Collins, who met Yong in their masters program in the fall of 2019, said she watched her bubbly friend become more anxious and hopeless as the Title IX process went on. She said Yong disclosed her assault to her in the spring of 2020 \u2014 as the case \u201cstarted to ramp up\u201d ahead of the hearing.<\/p>\n
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\u201cShe would wake up anxious every day and crying and was having suicidal ideation at the time. But then also, in class or with other humans, she was fine. No one else could ever tell that, but it was the texts at 4 a.m. of like, \u2018I\u2019m not doing well.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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Ashley Yong stands with Emily Collins.<\/p>\n
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Collins said one of the things she and Yong bonded over was their Christian faith \u2014 they prayed and went to bible study together. But both women said Yong\u2019s assault had a profound impact on her relationship with religion.<\/p>\n
Yong said she stopped going to church and reading the Bible consistently. It was difficult for her to maintain her faith when she struggled with a question many victims and survivors face: Why did it happen to her?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know that deep down, I will come back to it someday. But honestly, the priority for me in these last few months has really been taking care of myself on this basic level of my basic needs and finishing out grad school strong,\u201d Yong said. \u201cI\u2019m not super proud of the way my faith was shaken by this. But at the same time, I know that it\u2019s a really traumatic event and there are going to be lots of things in your life that are changed by this.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Collins, Yong has always been empathetic, devoted and passionate \u2014 her assault did not change those things. What Collins noticed did change was that Yong started putting herself first.<\/p>\n
A year ago, Collins said, Yong would sacrifice sleep, time and happiness to make other people happy and comfortable. But Collins said she\u2019s seen Yong work on setting boundaries and following through with them.<\/p>\n
Yong said going through the Title IX process made her realize how passive and \u201cmeek\u201d she was socialized to be. She said she gave the university the benefit of the doubt; she accepted her unanswered and ignored emails as part of her investigators\u2019 heavy workloads.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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What she wished someone would have told her before she went through the process \u2014 and what she learned in the aftermath \u2014 is that she didn\u2019t have to be the \u201cnice girl\u201d to earn her story being heard.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just gave so much grace, and saying, \u2018Well, it\u2019s OK that you took a month to respond, you\u2019re busy\u2019 and all that kind of stuff,\u201d Yong said. \u201cRespondents, they don\u2019t often show the same level of grace.\u201d<\/p>\n
With just a few months until Yong begins her new journey at the McCluskey Center in Salt Lake City, Collins said she can barely talk about her moving hundreds of miles away. Collins even has a flight booked for Labor Day weekend to go skiing with her best friend.<\/p>\n
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The McCluskey Center \u201ccouldn\u2019t be more lucky\u201d to have Yong, Collins said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTalk about manifesting your destiny. It is so cool what she\u2019s doing,\u201d Collins said.
\u201cWe prayed about job search stuff and like what\u2019s gonna happen, and I am just so excited for her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although Yong made the decision to report her assault and follow through with an investigation and hearing, she said victims and survivors have complete autonomy and power to determine whether or not reporting an act of sexual violence is in their best interest.<\/p>\n
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\u201cDon\u2019t let anyone else sway you or convince you otherwise, whether you do want to do a formal investigation or you don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Above all, Yong said she hopes other victims and survivors recognize that they are \u201cabsolutely not alone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the disruption of the majority of her time at Ohio State and the emotional toll her Title IX case had on her, Yong said she never regrets proceeding with the investigation and hearing.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the end of the day, I can have some peace knowing that even if there wasn\u2019t justice or accountability, that he now knows, and he knows that that kind of behavior in the future is not acceptable,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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A<\/span>fter Lisa Radochonski was sexually assaulted during the fall semester of her sophomore year at Ohio State, she said she \u201ccompletely changed\u201d as a person.<\/p>\n
What used to be outings with friends every weekend turned into going out just twice per semester, and Radochonski, a May 2020 graduate, said she was so anxious about attending Senior Bar Crawl that she felt relieved when the event was canceled due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was never putting myself in situations where I would think that something bad could happen to me again,\u201d she said. \u201cI really just missed that whole social aspect.\u201d<\/p>\n
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After Radochonski\u2019s assault, the first person in her family she called was her younger sister, Emma Radochonski, who will be a fourth-year at Harper College studying culinary arts.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s literally my best friend,\u201d Emma Radochonski said. \u201cLike, I don\u2019t know what I would do without her. And I feel like it\u2019s pretty mutual.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Emma Radochonski, who was in high school at the time of her sister\u2019s assault, said she watched her sister become increasingly despondent and hyper-aware of her surroundings during the months after her assault.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was also hard, just like watching someone who had been my role model growing up, like really going through it, you know?\u201d Emma Radochonski said. \u201cShe had been such a symbol of strength for me, and seeing her breakdown was something that I felt like I wasn\u2019t used to.\u201d<\/p>\n
After her perpetrator was found not responsible for sexual assault, Radochonski withdrew from Ohio State during the fall semester of 2018. Instead of attending football games in the \u2019Shoe, Radochonski was admitted to the hospital, where she underwent four weeks of group therapy and received a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an understatement, but I feel like I spiraled emotionally,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Radochonski is among the 39 percent of victims and survivors who face \u201ca substantial disruption in their educations\u201d after reporting a complaint of sexual misconduct, often resulting in temporary withdrawal or dropping out of school entirely, according to Know Your IX, a sexual violence prevention organization.<\/p>\n
In the spring of 2019, Radochonski said she was eager to return to Ohio State for classes, hoping to attain some semblance of normalcy. She said she was especially excited for her immunology class.<\/p>\n
But within minutes of walking into a lecture hall on the first day of that class, Radochonski spotted a much-too-familiar face: Her perpetrator.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember because I was looking around because of PTSD \u2014 I just have hypervigilance,\u201d Radochonski said. \u201cSo I\u2019m just scanning the room, just making sure I\u2019m in the clear, and I lock eyes with him. And he just slowly sinks into his chair.\u201d<\/p>\n
Radochonski said she couldn\u2019t bear to be in the same room as the man who raped her, so she left the class in tears.<\/p>\n
She found herself back in the Title IX office, an encounter she described as \u201canother bad experience with them,\u201d in hopes that her perpetrator \u2014 with whom she had a no-contact directive \u2014 could be moved to another section of the class or enrolled in the class online.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI didn\u2019t want to drop the class, but I also didn\u2019t want to attend class knowing that he was going to be in the classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n
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To her dismay, a representative from the Title IX office told her there was nothing they could do, as they feared the potential for her perpetrator and his family to sue the university, Radochonski said.<\/p>\n
Instead, she said she was forced to take the class online and learn the material via pre-recorded lectures. Radochonski said she had to meet with her professor once a week to ensure she understood all the material, and the weekly quizzes and exams signaled frequent trips to the Office of Student Life Disability Services.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was just a lot of extra work that I feel like could have been avoided if they just didn\u2019t put us in the same class,\u201d Radochonski said.<\/p>\n
A few weeks after her May 2018 Title IX hearing, Radochonski received the outcome letter through which she discovered her perpetrator was found responsible for endangering behavior \u2014 only one of the three initial charges filed against him. He was found not responsible for non-consensual sexual intercourse and sexual harassment.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, for my case, I only think he was found in violation of [endangering behavior] because I went to the hospital,\u201d Radochonski said. \u201cI think if I hadn\u2019t gone to the hospital or anything, he would have been completely let off the hook.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the university\u2019s Code of Student Conduct, endangering behavior is \u201ctaking or threatening action that endangers the safety, physical or mental health, or life of any person, or creates a reasonable fear of such action.\u201d<\/p>\n
As a result, the university placed him on disciplinary probation \u2014 \u201ca state of warning\u201d \u2014 for the remainder of his undergraduate career, meaning that any further violation of the university\u2019s Code of Student Conduct or residence hall policies could result in suspension or dismissal, according to the outcome letter.<\/p>\n
The university also mandated that the no-contact directive between Radochonski and her perpetrator \u201cwill remain in place indefinitely,\u201d which prohibits in-person contact, electronic communication or contact through third parties.<\/p>\n
However, as Radochonski soon discovered, no-contact directives are only meant to limit verbal communication between two people \u2014 it doesn\u2019t restrict physical proximity.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a hypothetical situation, he could be sitting right next to me in class, not saying anything, not talking to me, but that would be allowed,\u201d Radochonski said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis is an understatement, but I feel like I spiraled emotionally.\u201d<\/p>\n
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As a third and final sanction, the university required Radochonski\u2019s perpetrator to complete a \u201cskill inventory and development project\u201d with guidance from a licensed professional \u2014 a counselor, therapist, clinical social worker, psychologist, etc. \u2014 that \u201cshould focus on skills related to your ability to thrive as a member of our campus community,\u201d according to the outcome letter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The project required the perpetrator to detail his \u201ccurrent skill set\u201d and implement a plan to \u201cfurther develop the following life skills related to this incident: respecting boundaries; sexual and reproductive health; self-awareness about how your behaviors may impact yourself and others; and participating in healthy and positive relationships and interactions without engaging in endangering behavior.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Radochonski, however, said the disciplinary action taken against her perpetrator felt like \u201ca slap in the face,\u201d and she wasn\u2019t so convinced of the effectiveness of the project requirement.<\/p>\n
\u201cBasically, to me, it was like, they\u2019re like, \u2018Yeah, he did this, but because there wasn\u2019t enough evidence or whatever, we\u2019ll just make him do a project so he learns his lesson and then like, doesn\u2019t do it again,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
After Radochonski received the outcome letter of her case, she filed an appeal with the Title IX office in hopes that the hearing officer might reconsider the charges for which her perpetrator was found not responsible.<\/p>\n
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In Radochonski\u2019s nine-page appeal letter, she provided evidence not available at the time of the hearing, including text messages, historical phone records and Google Maps phone tracking records that revealed the timeline of events presented in the original hearing was off by several hours. She also offered an alternative sanction for her perpetrator: suspension from Ohio State until his completion of a community-based project \u2014 rather than an individual project \u2014 at an organization promoting healthy relationships or combating sexual violence or mental illness.<\/p>\n
\u201cI strongly fear that another student may suffer a situation similar to mine due to the ignorance of the respondent,\u201d Radochonski wrote in the appeal letter. \u201cDue to the nature of the current sanctions placed upon the respondent, the respondent is still a danger to anyone who is unaware of the severity of the respondent\u2019s actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cTake care of yourself first before you start trying to take care of others. In reality, I can\u2019t help anyone unless I am stable enough myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
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However, on May 31, 2018, Radochonski\u2019s appeal was rejected by Doug Koyle, the former assistant vice president of the Office of Student Life, who did not find that any of the four aforementioned circumstances impacted the outcome of her case, according to the rejection letter he sent to Radochonski.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt really hit me then because that was like the last avenue I could take to try to get something changed,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd when that was rejected, I just felt really defeated.\u201d<\/p>\n
After an unsuccessful, last-ditch effort to urge the Title IX office to reconsider the rejection of her appeal, Radochonski began her second hospitalization for suicidal ideation and withdrew from the university.<\/p>\n
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Today, Radochonski said she works as a research technical assistant in the microbiology department of the University of Chicago, with a particular focus on immunology.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She said she\u2019s noticed \u201ca large improvement\u201d in her mental health today compared to where she was in the months following her assault.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think just moving out of Ohio and coming home is the best thing I could have done for myself \u2014 just to get out of that place, honestly, I think was just kind of what I needed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
During her weekly counseling sessions, Radochonski said her therapist continues to help her process the trauma she endured while validating her story \u2014 a response she called \u201crefreshing\u201d when people often question victims\u2019 and survivors\u2019 accounts of their assault.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Emma Radochonski said she also noticed her sister become more empathetic following her assault, especially toward the students she taught while working as a teaching assistant at Ohio State.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe just wanted to help people after that,\u201d Emma Radochonski said.<\/p>\n
Although Radochonski said her experience with sexual violence has made her more \u201ccompassionate and open-minded,\u201d she hopes that other victims and survivors will consider their own needs before leaping into a Title IX investigation.<\/p>\n
\u201cTake care of yourself first before you start trying to take care of others,\u201d she said. \u201cIn reality, I can\u2019t help anyone unless I am stable enough myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
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W<\/span>hen Syreeta Palackdharry returned to her home in Bexley, Ohio, at the onset of the pandemic, she refused to step into her front yard.<\/p>\n
Moving back home while continuing to pursue her undergraduate degree at Ohio State had its perks: home-cooked meals and no obligation to pay rent. But there was one caveat.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery time that I would get in my car and drive past it, it was like, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s the place where I was assaulted,\u2019\u201d Palackdharry said.<\/p>\n
Two years earlier, Palackdharry, who graduated from Ohio State in May, was sexually assaulted in her front yard as she watched several cars drive down her street. Not a single one stopped to help her, she said.<\/p>\n
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A 495-day Title IX case consumed nearly two years of her time at Ohio State, and her assault forced her to quit two of her most beloved student organizations, including her role as founder of a campus chapter of a national sexual violence prevention organization.<\/p>\n
About two weeks after her Title IX hearing in April 2019, Palackdharry received the outcome letter through which she discovered her perpetrator \u2014 who would later violate the no-contact directive in place between he and Palackdharry \u2014 was found not responsible for nonconsensual sexual intercourse, nonconsensual sexual contact and endangering behavior.<\/p>\n
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Although the trajectory of her college career differed from most students, Palackdharry, who is preparing to attend Ohio State in the fall to obtain a master\u2019s in social work, said that in addition to counseling, she has found ways to cope with the trauma she endured as a result of her assault.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe thing that made my yard and being in my house less triggering and more safe was just creating all types of new memories in these spaces,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
For instance, Palackdharry said she painted stones with healing messages and placed them around her yard, and her parents redesigned the yard with new landscaping that helped eliminate some of the \u201cvisual cues\u201d associated with the assault.<\/p>\n
Other memories, like a snowball fight with her family and being surrounded by the laughter of friends in her yard, helped Palackdharry feel more comfortable in her own home, she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt took a long time for me to be able to say like, \u2018OK, I do feel safe here. This is a safe place for me to be now.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cI can go to my front yard now \u2014 and I\u2019m not gonna say that I\u2019m not reminded of the assault because that wouldn\u2019t be true \u2014 but I can go out there and stay grounded in the present and do whatever it is that I need to do,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Palackdharry\u2019s resiliency is something Jillyan Will, who served as Palackdharry\u2019s hearing adviser, said amazes her. Will, a former police officer, met Palackdharry during a sexual assault trial, at which Will testified. The two \u201cimmediately clicked,\u201d Will said.<\/p>\n
After Palackdharry reported her assault to the Bexley Police Department, Will got to know her even more intimately.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe reached back out to me and essentially was like, \u2018Man, I wish you were the police officer handling this call,\u2019\u201d Will said.<\/p>\n
Will became Palackdharry\u2019s support as she went through the Title IX process. She said it was difficult as a former police officer and Ohio State alumna to watch Palackdharry suffer through something that was supposed to help her \u2014 both during the brief criminal investigation and the university\u2019s investigation.<\/p>\n
Despite a drawn-out investigation and a hearing marked by invasive questions about her previous trauma and mental health, Will said Palackdharry remained strong and persistent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw her like, \u2018OK, here\u2019s my voice. This is what happened to me. This should not have happened to me, but I\u2019ll be damned if this is going to happen to someone else,\u2019\u201d Will said.<\/p>\n
Palackdharry said she may have been motivated by a desire to prevent future sexual violence, but she\u2019s challenged that reasoning in her healing process. She said she is no longer as adamant about encouraging other victims or survivors to report a sexual misconduct complaint, especially given how retraumatizing a Title IX investigation can be for some people.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe narrative that was sold to me, which was that nothing is going to change if more people don\u2019t [report.]\u00a0And now I just know that that\u2019s not a weight that we can put on survivors. If someone reports, it needs to be because they want to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Christian Harsa | Special Projects Director<\/p>\n
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Palackdharry said she felt like the Title IX office \u201ctricked\u201d her into reporting her assault without providing fundamental information regarding the process \u2014 such as the potential for lawyers to be involved in the case or the fact that attorneys from Student Legal Services are unable to represent students in cases against other students due to their contract with the university.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose are big gaps of information,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is totally not fair to put an undergraduate student up against an attorney.\u201d<\/p>\n
When fellow victims or survivors approach Palackdharry with questions pertaining to their own assault or Title IX case, she said she is as honest as possible.<\/p>\n
\u201cScaring you is not what I like to be doing, but it also feels like another way of letting a survivor engage with informed consent. You can\u2019t make an informed decision if you don\u2019t actually know how it works,\u201d Palackdharry said.<\/p>\n
While some victims and survivors have misunderstandings regarding the process of a Title IX case, Palackdharry said individuals who have never experienced sexual violence often hold woeful misconceptions about how a victim or survivor should feel or behave during and after trauma.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Like Tammy Moore, a clinical social worker and co-owner of the Ohio Institute for Trauma and Wellness, said in\u00a0Part 3 of \u201c(un)silenced<\/a>,\u201d every victim or survivor moves through trauma in different ways, and it\u2019s nearly impossible to anticipate how someone may react to sexual violence.<\/p>\n
Palackdharry said people were often shocked by how unmoved she was when she rehashed the details of her assault \u2014 it was effortless for her, and she never cried.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt really didn\u2019t mean anything to me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI felt so disconnected from my own narrative, and when I did feel connected to it, I felt connected to it in a way that made it my fault, or like I deserved it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cI can go to my front yard now \u2014 and I\u2019m not gonna say that I\u2019m not reminded of the assault because that wouldn\u2019t be true \u2014 but I can go out there and stay grounded in the present and do whatever it is that I need to do,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Palackdharry\u2019s resiliency is something Jillyan Will, who served as Palackdharry\u2019s hearing adviser, said amazes her. Will, a former police officer, met Palackdharry during a sexual assault trial, at which Will testified. The two \u201cimmediately clicked,\u201d Will said.<\/p>\n
After Palackdharry reported her assault to the Bexley Police Department, Will got to know her even more intimately.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe reached back out to me and essentially was like, \u2018Man, I wish you were the police officer handling this call,\u2019\u201d Will said.<\/p>\n
Will became Palackdharry\u2019s support as she went through the Title IX process. She said it was difficult as a former police officer and Ohio State alumna to watch Palackdharry suffer through something that was supposed to help her \u2014 both during the brief criminal investigation and the university\u2019s investigation.<\/p>\n
Despite a drawn-out investigation and a hearing marked by invasive questions about her previous trauma and mental health, Will said Palackdharry remained strong and persistent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw her like, \u2018OK, here\u2019s my voice. This is what happened to me. This should not have happened to me, but I\u2019ll be damned if this is going to happen to someone else,\u2019\u201d Will said.<\/p>\n
Palackdharry said she may have been motivated by a desire to prevent future sexual violence, but she\u2019s challenged that reasoning in her healing process. She said she is no longer as adamant about encouraging other victims or survivors to report a sexual misconduct complaint, especially given how retraumatizing a Title IX investigation can be for some people.<\/p>\n
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Today, Palackdharry said she is happy with where she is in her healing journey \u2014 her triggers are less frequent, and therapy has enabled her to further process the trauma she experienced.<\/p>\n
Once she realized that her perpetrator engaged in \u201cclassic abuse and manipulation tactics\u201d during Palackdharry\u2019s assault and Title IX case, she said she began to let go of some of the blame she carried for the assault.<\/p>\n
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\u201cKnowing that he is so good at manipulation that I blamed myself when I shouldn\u2019t, it actually made me feel validated because I was like, \u2018Oh, he\u2019s actually good at abusing people, like, I\u2019m not good at being a victim, he\u2019s good at abusing people,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Although Palackdharry said the assault and Title IX process allowed her to empathize with others, she would not wish the experience of sexual violence on anyone. She said she was \u201cforever changed\u201d from what her perpetrator did to her.<\/p>\n
\u201cHealing is a lifelong journey,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s ever going to be a point in my life where I feel fully healed from what happened to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
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A<\/span>fter Kat Kinnen filed a report of sexual assault against a fraternity member at Ohio State, she not only endured a 251-day Title IX investigation, but she also had to reevaluate many of the friendships she made at the university.<\/p>\n
Kinnen, a May 2020 graduate, said the assault and her experience with Title IX derailed her mental health, consuming so much of her life that for a time, it was all she could talk or think about.<\/p>\n
Although Kinnen said she tries not to hold any resentment against some of her former friends for the lack of support they provided her during the investigation, she said some of them seemed more concerned with how the investigation impacted them \u2014 rather than Kinnen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cOne girl told me, like, \u2018Did you expect us to hold your hand?\u2019 \u2014 referring to the trial.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Another former friend of Kinnen\u2019s engaged in victim-blaming, citing her disbelief that Kinnen attended a date party with her perpetrator\u2019s fraternity because \u201ceveryone knows what happens at those parties.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although Kinnen had to entirely \u201creinvent\u201d her friend group her senior year of college, she said she found solace in the group therapy sessions she attended for victims and survivors of sexual violence.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a running joke in group therapy that, like, \u2018Get raped and you\u2019ll find out who your real friends are,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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Many of the group members had their own difficult experiences with reporting their sexual assaults, and Kinnen said they were able to support her as she navigated the Title IX process. They shared similar stories of being encouraged not to report or go through with investigations, like Kinnen \u2014 who, because of the retaliatory charges her rapist filed against her, felt pressured into pursuing an informal resolution.<\/p>\n
That \u201cinformal resolution,\u201d Kinnen said, was anything but informal \u2014 it resulted in a judge granting a five-year restraining order against Kinnen\u2019s perpetrator, and him agreeing to pay her legal fees in exchange for them both dropping their complaints.<\/p>\n
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Kat Kinnen sports a bouquet of flowers purchased from a sustainability fair.<\/h6>\n
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\u201cI felt like I didn\u2019t have control over anything,\u201d Kinnen said. \u201cAnd that mainly motivated me to report in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n
After the restraining order was finalized, Kinnen said she did feel safer \u2014 due to the order, her perpetrator had to withdraw from the university because he wasn\u2019t able to be on campus. And there were some friends who supported Kinnen throughout the Title IX process that she still had.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThere was a running joke in group therapy that, like, \u2018Get raped and you\u2019ll find out who your real friends are.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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She\u2019s also found support in her girlfriend, Maya, whom she met and started dating shortly before the pandemic shut the country down last spring.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s the sweetest, most supportive person in the world,\u201d Kinnen said.<\/p>\n
Kinnen said she told Maya early on that she was assaulted, but it took several months before she felt comfortable disclosing how it still impacted her \u2014 like why she only felt safe sleeping at her own house, for example, and how it\u2019s difficult for her to open up or voice complaints.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t handle people being upset with me. It\u2019s a way bigger part in my relationship than I want it to be,\u201d Kinnen said. \u201cBut now, it\u2019s been like three years, and it\u2019s still very consuming.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Kinnen said although she\u2019s better at managing her PTSD symptoms, triggering events and actions still profoundly impact her. A man\u2019s unwanted flirtation and loud voices often cause her immense fear, something she doesn\u2019t think would have happened before her assault.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something that I constantly wish wasn\u2019t a part of me, you know?\u201d Kinnen said. \u201cPeople I think are a lot like, \u2018Look on the bright side, you wouldn\u2019t be here if this didn\u2019t happen\u2019 or, \u2018You wouldn\u2019t be so strong if this didn\u2019t happen\u2019 or stuff like that. There is nothing about where I am now that I wouldn\u2019t give up if it meant that didn\u2019t have to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
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