White
White v. Gabriel CA6
Opinion
Opinion
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
A. The Parties’ Relationships White and defendants are former or current students at Stanford. As undergraduates, White and Gabriel lived in the same dorm complex and participated in the Stanford Debate Society. White, Thompson, and Wall were roommates who participated in a space-themed cover band with Harris. All four students also participated in the Stanford Space Initiative (SSI), a student-run organization for students pursuing careers in the aerospace industry. White later became a graduate student at Stanford and continued to participate in SSI. According to Gabriel and Wall, White sexually assaulted them while they were undergraduates at Stanford. Gabriel asserts White sexually assaulted her2 five times and she recalled the key details months later due to amnesic episodes. Wall claims White sexually assaulted him3 once, and his memory of the events also emerged over time. Gabriel and Wall subsequently reached out to Stanford’s Sexual Harassment/Assault Response & Education Title IX Office (Title IX Office). Wall filed a formal complaint that he withdrew two months later. Gabriel, however, met with the Title IX coordinator with Thompson…