NEWS AT 5 30 STARTS NOW. I STILL LIVE
NEWS AT 5 30 STARTS NOW. I STILL HAVE NIGHTMARES, NIGHTMARES OVER WHAT HE SAYS HAPPENED TO HIM AT
EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY. DO
YOU WORRY ABOUT OTHER STUDENTS
VERY MUCH. VERY MUCH, UM,
WORRIED ABOUT OTHER STUDENTS
THERE FORMER EASTERN MICHIGAN
UNIVERSITY STUDENT IS SHARING
HIS STORY TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT HE
SAYS HAPPENED TO HIM INSIDE AN
EMU DORM. AND HOW HE WAS TREATED
BY THE UNIVERSITY. JACOB
GOLDBERG IS ONE OF 23 OTHERS IN
A LAWSUIT WHO SAY THEY WERE
SEXUALLY ATTACKED AND E M. YOU
DISREGARDED OR DISCOURAGE THEM
FROM REPORTING THEIR ATTACKS. WE
WANT TO WARN YOU PARTS OF THIS
INTERVIEW MAYBE DIFFICULT FOR
SOME TO HEAR. EASTERN MICHIGAN
UNIVERSITY, JACOB GOLDBERG SAYS
HE ALWAYS KNEW HE WAS GOING TO
ATTEND SCHOOL HERE WAS A FAMILY
AFFAIR. BOTH OF MY PARENTS WENT
TO EASTERN EXCITED TO MOVE INTO
WISE HALL AND BEGIN THIS NEXT
CHAPTER, LIKE I HAD A NEW LEASE
ON LIFE IN SCHOOL. IN HIS
SOPHOMORE YEAR, THINGS CHANGED
DRAMATICALLY. A FELLOW STUDENT
AND FRIEND STARTED TO MAKE
ADVANCES TOWARDS JACOB. I TOLD
HER I DIDN’T WANT ANYTHING TO DO
WITH HER. LIKE THAT. I WANTED TO
BE FRIENDS. HE THOUGHT THE ISSUE
WAS SOLVED. NOW A LITTLE
BACKGROUND INTO JACOB. HE HAS
SUFFERED WITH ANXIETY DISORDER
FOR YEARS, SO HE TOOK AMBIEN TO
HELP HIM SLEEP. HE SAYS HIS DORM
FRIENDS WERE AWARE OF HIS
ROUTINE LIKE HAVING PEOPLE OVER
IT MAKES ME COMFORTABLE AND
MAKES ME FEEL SAFE. I’M LIKE,
HEY, I’M GONNA TAKE MY MEDS.
JUST PUT YOURSELF OUT 20 MINUTES
OR SO. AND THAT SEEMED TO WORK
FINE EVERY TIME IT DID. THAT IS
UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2019. GOLDBERG
SAID. HE TOOK HIS AMBIEN PILLS
AND THEN I WAS RAPED. SHE TOOK
ADVANTAGE OF ME WHILE I WAS ON
MY MEDICATION, HE SAYS THE SAME
PERSON HE HAD TOLD A WHILE BACK.
HE WAS NOT INTERESTED IN
ATTACKED HIM. ACCORDING TO COURT
DOCUMENTS, HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP
DUE TO THE DIZZY AND EFFECTS OF
HIS MEDICATION. AND THERE WERE
SEVERAL ATTEMPTS MADE ON HIM.
COURT RECORDS STATE THE MORNING
AFTER THE ASSAULT, THE ACCUSED
ADMITTED TO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
JOHN DOE 24 WHILE HE WAS UNDER
THE EFFECTS OF HIS MEDICATION.
AND TOLD HIM THAT SHE FELT NO
REMORSE. COURT DOCUMENTS STATE
GOLDBERG FELT STOCKED BY THE
PERSON WHO ATTACKED HIM. BOTH
INDIVIDUALS LIVED HERE AT WISE
HALL, GOLDBERG SAYS. THE WOMAN
WOULD WAIT FOR HIM IN THE COMMON
AREAS AND CONFRONT HIM. I DID MY
BEST FOR THE REST OF THAT YEAR
TO PUSH IT ASIDE, BUT SHE WOULD
NOT LEAVE THE FOLLOWING FALL,
GOLDBERG DECIDED TO REPORT HIS
ASSAULT TO A RESIDENTIAL
ADVISOR. THAT WOULD LEAD HIM
GOING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND THE SCHOOL’S TITLE NINE
DEPARTMENT, SO YOU WALKED OUT
FEELING LIKE SOMETHING WAS GOING
TO HAPPEN. WEEKS WOULD PASS,
GOLDBERG SAYS. THE TITLE NINE
DEPARTMENT PERSUADED HIM NOT TO
FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT WHERE
CHARGES COULD POTENTIALLY BE
PRESSED. INSTEAD FILE AN
INFORMAL COMPLAINT. REMEMBER
WHAT THEIR WORDS WERE? WHY DID
THEY SAY LET’S DO THIS
INFORMALLY? THEY SAID THAT IT
WOULD PROVE FRUITLESS. NOTHING
WOULD COME FROM IT. IT WAS ONLY
MORE SUFFERING FROM ANY DECISION
HE REGRETS. AT THE TIME, HE FELT
ALONE. THAT IS UNTIL A FEW WEEKS
LATER, YOU WHEN HE LOOKED OUT
HIS WINDOW, A PROTEST WAS GOING
ON ON CAMPUS. ONE OF THE
DEMONSTRATORS WITH THE MEGAPHONE
SAID, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN
ASSAULTED ON CAMPUS AND IT WAS
DISGUSTING. HOW MANY HANDS I SAW
RAISED? AND I, IT WAS IT WAS, UM
, THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION
SAID IN AT THAT MOMENT THAT MY I
AM NOT UNIQUE. THIS KEEPS
HAPPENING, AND IT’S STILL
HAPPENING. IT WAS. THEN GOLDBERG
DECIDED TO JOIN 23 OTHERS IN A
LAWSUIT AGAINST EMU. SUDDENLY
YOU’RE TAKING ON YOUR FIGHT.
YOU’RE REALLY TAKING ON YOU’RE
TAKING ON A UNIVERSITY. THAT’S
THE ONLY REASON I’M DOING IT
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I’M GOING TO
BE HELPING OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL.
DO YOU WORRY ABOUT OTHER
STUDENTS? THERE. VERY MUCH. I
DID REACH OUT TO TMU. THEY
CONFIRM THEY ARE IN MEDIATION
TALKS FOR A SETTLEMENT ON
GOLDBERG IN THE 23 OTHERS WHO
HAVE FILED AGAINST THE
UNIVERSITY. SO THEY COULD NOT GO
ON CAMERA BUT DID SAY IN A
STATEMENT, THE UNIVERSITY THE
VEHEMENTLY DENIES THIS
ALLEGATION. IT RUNS COUNTER TO
EVERYTHING THAT THE TITLE NINE
OFFICE STANDS FOR. THE STATEMENT
WENT ON TO SAY THAT ALLEGATIONS
ABOUT PERSUASION ARE SIMPLY NOT
TRUE. AND WENT ON TO ST JOHN DOE
24 CONSIDERED HIS OPTIONS AND
MADE A REASONED DECISION THAT A