Syracuse University Seeks to Prevent Campus Rape Victim From Obtaining Police Records by Joaquin Sapien August 28, 2026, 6:00 am

Syracuse University Seeks to Prevent Campus Rape Victim From Obtaining Police Records by Joaquin Sapien August 28, 2026, 6:00 am The university, whose 1980s rape crisis figured prominently in a ProPublica article, committed to support survivors at “every step of the process.” Now it’s in court to stop police from sharing many records with a student who was assaulted in 1987. https://www.propublica.org/article/syracuse-sexual-assault-lawsuit-records?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=river When ProPublica recently investigated a rape crisis that surged through Syracuse University in the 1980s, we found evidence that the school had taken steps to suppress news coverage of the assaults. The university responded by portraying itself as a changed institution today, “committed to supporting the students who come forward and being there for them at every step of the process,” as a school spokesperson put it.