HARTFORD, Conn. ― Former Yale basketball captain Jack Montague was expelled over a sexual assault allegation and plans to sue the school, his attorney said Monday.
Attorney Max Stern issued a statement saying Montague had a relationship with the woman. He said the dispute is about the last of four sexual encounters, occurring in October 2014.
The lawyer said the woman claims she didn’t consent to the sex but Montague said she did and also asserts she later came back to his room to spend the night.
Stern said a Title IX official filed a complaint on the woman’s behalf on Nov. 18, a university panel ruled against him and the provost upheld that ruling. Montague was expelled on Feb. 10.
Stern said Montague participated in the hearing process.
Stern called the decision “arbitrary and excessive by any rational measure” and believes Montague was made a “whipping boy” following a report on sexual assault by the Association of American Universities.
That report detailed a survey of Yale students and estimated 25.2 percent of undergraduates had experienced at least one incident that “does not meet Yale’s standard for consent” and 18.1 percent had experienced an incident that involved “force or incapacitation.”
