"We need to have some more discussion in the community generally so this sort of problem doesn't come up," he said. "It has been an absolutely unenjoyable experience that we don't want to repeat."
He said the Faculty would not necessarily seek to determine whether the rape occurred but simply to exact punishment.
"The Ad Board has a responsibility of establishing facts," he said. "The Faculty has a responsibility of voting punishments...when the recommended punishment is dismissal or expulsion."
Douglas is currently under house arrest for 18 months.
"It seems to me that Drew Douglas's life has already been sufficiently destroyed by this process to make additional sanctions superfluous," said James L. Sultan, Douglas' attorney.
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