Student sues UVM over disciplinary action related to alleged groping incident

A sign at the entrance to the University of Vermont on Main Street in Burlington. Photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDigger
The University of Vermont is defending its disciplinary process in the face of a civil rights lawsuit by a student who was suspended for sexual misconduct.
The student, identified as John Doe, alleges he was not given a fair hearing and that the university’s Title IX investigator had a conflict of interest.The university found John Doe guilty last spring of groping a woman at