HIGHER EDUCATION UPDATE: Settlement Reached in Brown U. Lawsuit Over Student Said to Be Falsely Accused of Rape.

UPDATE: Here’s the order in the case dismissing Brown. The accuser’s name — which the Chronicle refused to print even though it’s in public records and even though the charges appear to have been false — is Marcella Dresdale. Other documents are here.

Plus, class issues? “Unlike Richard Dresdale, William McCormick III was poor. He was attending Brown on an academic scholarship. While earning straight-As, he was also a star wrestler. He could not have afforded to attend Brown University without substantial financial aid. Didn’t this poor boy get kicked out of college, ultimately, for not belonging to the right social class? If William McCormick’s father had been Richard Dresdale, does anyone doubt that the case would have been handled differently? . . . Isn’t it unfair when the super rich have poor people expelled without due process – and without any good cause at all?” #OccupyBrown!

ANOTHER UPDATE: Mike Krempasky emails: “Not for nothing, if you google her, someone has invested not small dollars to cover the search engines with dozens of prefab SEO properties. Very smart, and a good professional effort in preemptive SEO.” When I googled, the false rape accusation issue was on the first page multiple times.

MORE: A reader emails:

Hi Prof. Reynolds,

I was surprised that you did not write more about the actual person buying influence in the Brown rape case, the father Richard Dresdale.

He is a 1%er. And a huge Democrat. Maybe Brown University is not the only place he believes he can buy influence.

He is:

The Managing Directior of Fenway Partners…a private equity firm.

A huge political donor, especially to Democrats. It looks like over $200K in donations the last few years. There may be other donations that I am not finding.

Maybe the Army of Davids can see if his donations to politicians, like the ones to the university, are panning out.

An Army of Dresdales?