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UM hosting forum on rape allegations investigation

Posted: Jan 17, 2012 4:28 PM by Irina Cates (KPAX News)
Updated: Jan 18, 2012 1:45 PM


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MISSOULA- University of Montana officials will publicly address the campus investigation into sexual assault allegations for the first time during a Tuesday evening forum.

UM President Royce Engstrom and other administrators are expected to take questions Tuesday evening from the public about the ongoing rape investigation.

The UM internal investigation is being headed by former Montana Supreme Court Judge Diane Barz and her team already found evidence of non-consensual sex.

In a status report, Barz criticized the school because she says UM "appears to have a gap in reporting sexual assaults." She also said her investigative team found evidence of at least one sexual assault that wasn't properly reported, or investigated.

The most recent incident to come to light involves Griz football player Beau Donaldson. He's accused of raping a woman in September of 2010, but UM won't say if this case is part of the school's ongoing internal investigation.

The forum will take place at the Holiday Inn Parkside and begins at 5:30 p.m.

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