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Yale braces for lawsuit from student expelled by Title IX tribunal

Yale braces for lawsuit from student expelled by Title IX tribunal

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale University's Title IX-based policies for handling sexual assault allegations may come under legal scrutiny if a recently expelled basketball player makes good on his vow to take the Ivy League school to court over what his lawyer calls a "wrong, arbitrary" decision and the fallout since. Jack Montague, a senior and former captain of Yale's men's basketball team, was expelled from the school on Feb. 10 after a panel of the University Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale University's Title IX-based policies for handling sexual assault allegations may come under legal scrutiny if a recently expelled basketball player makes good on his vow to take the Ivy League school to court over what his lawyer calls a "wrong, arbitrary" decision and the fallout since. Jack Montague, a senior and former captain of Yale's men's basketball team, was expelled from the school on Feb. 10 after a panel of the University Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct de…