A 19-year-old IU student reported being raped by another IU student off campus after attending a party at Sigma Pi fraternity the night of Feb. 13.
After receiving the call early the next morning, the IU Police Department transported the female student to IU Health Bloomington. The woman decided not to press charges.
The IDS previously reported on this alleged rape earlier this week. See the story here: http://www.idsnews.com/article/2016/02/four-incidents-of-rape-reported.
Because the location of the alleged rape took place in an apartment outside IUPD jurisdiction, the Bloomington Police Department took over the case, BPD Lt. John Kovach said today.
According to the BPD report, the rape occurred in the early morning of Sunday, Feb. 14 in an apartment near Memorial Stadium.
The woman reported she was invited to attend a party at Sigma Pi with a “guy she knows.” After the party ended, the man invited the woman back to his apartment, where she reported she was raped, Kovach said.
She also reported when she tried to leave the apartment, the man attempted to stop her, but she walked out the front door and got a ride back to her dorm room.
The police report does not specify how she got a ride. When she arrived, her roommate helped her talk to the residential assistant, who called IUPD around 2 a.m. Sunday, according to the report.
The female student had consumed alcohol at the party, but did not appear to be drunk when she explained what happened to police, according to the report. She stated she did not want to press charges, according to the report.
If the woman decides to press charges, she will do so through BPD and will be able to utilize the findings from the rape kit, Kovach said.
Sigma Pi fraternity had not responded for comment by press time Thursday.
Hannah Alani
