As in Elster's case, according to Lewis,Douglas has not as yet been formally dismissed bya vote of the Faculty.

The Faculty rarely uses dismissal as a form ofpunishment, according to Lewis. In the past 40years there have been only 12 dismissal actions bythe Faculty.

The woman assaulted said she was "dumbfoundedand then furious" when she heard Douglas was onlyon leave at the end of the Ad Board process, andstill retained his standing as a Harvard student.

Dissatisfied with the results of the Ad Boardproceedings, the woman assaulted by Douglas thentook her case to Middlesex Superior Court.

"The [Ad Board] system doesn't work. It isflawed. It is archaic and it is not made to dealwith cases of sexual assault," she said.

Douglas pled guilty on Sept. 24 to one count ofindecent assault and battery.

He received a sentence of five years probation,stipulating that he cannot make contact with thevictim or her family and cannot seek readmissionto Harvard during the next five years.

The court placed Douglas on a "braceletprogram" for 18 months, subject to six-monthre-evaluations during that time. This means that,on a regular basis, he cannot leave his houseexpect to go to work or school.

Douglas was also indicted on June 11 on a countof rape to which he pled not guilty. However, thischarge was never brought to trial.

"I was not advised that a jury would beunsympathetic to my case--just the opposite," saidthe woman assaulted by Douglas. "But going totrial takes a lot more energy then I was willingto spend after having been raked over the coals byHarvard all spring. I wanted my life back."

The court placed the rape charge on filewithout determining guilt or innocence.

"Someday that could go forward," said Marian T.Ryan of the Middlesex Country District Attorney'soffice. "If he successfully completed hisprobation, probably not."

James L. Sultan, Douglas' attorney, said hedoes not expect the court to revive the rapecharge.

"It was in the best interest of both sides toresolve the case without going through aprotracted trial that would have caused a lot ofemotional upset to the parties," Sultan said.

"His life has been effectively ruined," Sultanadded.