Stanford "unjustly" punished a fraternity for unproven drugging, suit alleges

Stanford University administrators are “unjustly” punishing a fraternity for allegations of drugging at a party in 2018 despite lack of evidence, according to a lawsuit against the university.

The Alpha Omega House Corporation — a group of alumni that own Stanford’s Sigma Chi house — filed the lawsuit in Santa Clara County Superior Court on June 11, outlining a laundry list of ways the university has mishandled the aftermath of the allegations, which were never proven to be true.

The 60-page complaint, which claims that the university broke its ground lease agreement with Alpha Omega by terminating it years before it expired and attempting to take the multi-million dollar fraternity house without compelling reasons, laid bare the events that led Stanford’s Sigma Chi fraternity’s to lose its charter last year.

In May 2018, Stanford’s Sigma Chi chapter lost its charter, was placed on “suspended active status” and barred from participating in any fraternity-sanctioned activities until 2021.

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