YOU MAY BE INNOCENT, BUT WE’RE STILL GOING TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF YOU. BECAUSE FAIRNESS! After lab recants date-rape drug finding, Brown stands by its punishment of frat.
Brown University finds itself in damage-control mode after its case against a fraternity for date-rape drugging fell apart.
The Providence Journal reports that the unnamed lab that tested an alleged victim’s urine samples for the presence of GHB has “recanted” its positive finding after “outside medical experts” challenged its work:
As a result of the faulty testing, the university has dropped its inquiry into drugging allegations by two female students who attended an unregistered party held by Phi Kappa Psi on Oct 17, 2014. The students had reportedly drunk spiked punch and experienced symptoms of being drugged, including a short period of memory loss.
The frat has always maintained its innocence – but rather than lift its punishment, Brown is simply shortening its four-year suspension to two-and-a-half years.
The school explained in a testy press release intended to “correct misinformation and dispel rumors” that Phi Kappa Psi was guilty regardless of the urine test (as well as an inconclusive hair test) – essentially that it had to prove its innocence:
And they make sure that proving your innocence is impossible.