Female student reports rape at McNutt dorm

An 18-year-old female student reported being assaulted and raped by a 19-year-old male Sunday in McNutt Quad. According to IU Police Department reports, officers were dispatched to Bloomington Hospital at 5:14 p.m. Sunday to speak with the victim, who told police she was assaulted and raped around 5:30 that morning by a man in McNutt Quad. \nThe woman told officers she attended a party with her friend around 10:30 p.m. Saturday at an off-campus residence. She said she and her friend had been drinking, and they went back to McNutt Quad with two men they met at the party.\nAt McNutt Quad, her friend became ill and was vomiting in the rest room. The woman told police she decided to spend the night so she could take care of her friend.\nThe woman told police she fell asleep on the top bunk and her roommate fell asleep on the bottom bunk of the McNutt Quad residence. When the woman woke up at about 5:30 a.m., one of the men was on top of her, having sexual intercourse with her. After realizing what was happening, she said she pretended to be asleep so she could roll over and get up. Once she rolled over, she told police she noticed the male's attention had diverted to a camera phone, which he was using to take pictures of her. The victim told police she yelled for him to stop several times, and once he did, she left.\nIUPD Lt. Jerry Minger said the woman completed a rape kit at the hospital. He also said IUPD detectives collected clothing and conducted preliminary interviews at that time.\n"If she decides to pursue a judicial action, it will go through the courts," Minger said. "She will have to decide what action to take."\nAccording to Indiana law, rape can be a Class A or B felony punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 and 20 to 50 years in jail.\nThe case was assigned to IUPD Detective Leslie Slone, who will interview the suspect and possible witnesses in the next few days. Because it is an active investigation, Slone could not release any further details about the case.\n"It's a criminal investigation at this point, which means talking to a lot of people and trying to collect verbal statements," Slone said.\nMinger said the incident was reported to Dean of Students Richard McKaig.\nThis is the third reported rape incident at IU this semester. In January, a female student said she was raped at the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Last month, a woman reported being drugged and raped at Assembly Hall during a basketball game but later retracted the story.\n-- Contact Staff Writer Lori Geller at lfgeller@indiana.edu.