THE STORY COMING UP.
>> DID EASTERN MICHIGAN
UNIVERSITY IGNORE A CAMPUS RATE
CULTURE?
24 SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS ARE
SUING THE UNIVERSITY AND TONIGHT
SOMEONE GOING PUBLIC, SHARING
HER STORY WITH US IN HOPES OF
CHANGING THAT CULTURE.
THE.
>> THOSE VICTIMS SAY EASTERN
MICHIGAN OFFICIALS DISREGARDED
REPORTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND
DISCOURAGED VICTIMS FROM COMING
FORWARD.
>> JUST LAST WEEK, EM MU AGREED
TO ENTER INTO MEDIATION WITH THE
TWO DOZEN INDIVIDUALS SUINGED
COLLEGE FOR FAILING THEM AFTER
THEY REPORTED BEING AND ALLLY
ATTACKED.
TONIGHT ONE OF THOSE VICTIMS SHARES HER STORY WITH US WITH A
SHARES HER STORY WITH US WITH A
WARNING, IT IS GRAPHIC.
>> I’M STRUGGLING WITH A LOT OF
THE PTSD.
>> Reporter: IT TAKES A LOT TO
GO PUBLIC WHEN SHARING YOUR
STORY OF RAPE BUT DANIELLE SAYS
HER STORY NEEDS TO BE TOLD.
>> HOW DO YOU TELL YOUR FAMILY
YOU’VE BEEN RAPED.
THAT’S NOT SOMETHING I WANTED TO
DO.
>> Reporter: DANIELLE’S STORY
STARTS BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2014.
>> IT WASN’T ANSWER PARTY, IT
WAS MY FRIEND, HER BOYFRIEND,
AND MAYBE LIKE FIVE OTHER
PEOPLE, AND I WAS LITERALLY JUST
THERE TO HANG OUT WITH MY
FRIEND.
>> Reporter: THEN GATHERING
DANIELLE SAYS WOULD LEAD TO HER
BEING SEXUALLY ATTACKED INSIDE
THE DELTA FRATERNITY HOUSE BY
DALTON BROZMAN.
CURRENTLY FACING CRIMINAL SEXUAL
ASSAULT CHARGES IN THE CASE.
>> I REMEMBER TELLING HIM TO
STOP.
I MEAN, IT’S LIKE YOUR WORST
NIGHTMARE BEING PARALYZED AND
HAVING NO CONTROL OVER YOUR
BODY.
HE WOULDN’T LOOK AT ME, HE WAS
JUST TAKING MY CLOTHES OFF, AND
THEN THE ASSAULT ITSELF HAPPENED
AND THAT WAS HOW I LOST MY
VIRGINITY.
>> NOT ONLY WERE YOU ATTACKED
BUT IN A SENSE ATTACKED AGAIN BY
THE SYSTEM.
>> THE REPORT PROCESS WAS REALLY
DIFFICULT.
THEY BASICALLY TOLD ME THAT IT
WASN’T NECESSARILY WORTH
PURSUING.
IT WAS HIS FIRST OFFENSE.
HE HAD NEVER GOT INN TROUBLE FOR
ANYTHING ELSE.
>> Reporter: AND COURT DOCUMENTS
STATES BROZNAN SENT A SERIES
TEXT MESSAGES TO JANE DOE NUMBER
12 WHERE HE APOLOGIZED AT LEAST
EIGHT TIMES.
ONE MESSAGE STATING, HEY, I’M SO
SORRY ABOUT LAST NIGHT,
SERIOUSLY, LIKE I DON’T KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE
LAWSUIT, EMU STILL DID NOT HELP.
THE TITLE 9 DEPARTMENT TELLING
DANIELLE WHEN IT COMES TO
ALCOHOL AND SEX, IT IS A
COMPLICATED TOPIC, MAKING
STUDENTS BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE
INTOXICATED, SCENT CAN BE GIVEN.
>> AND TO HAVE THEM TELL YOU
THAT IT’S A GRAY AREA BECAUSE OF
ALCOHOL, I MEAN, ONE OF THE
FIRST THINGS YOU LEARN ABOUT
RAPE IS THAT YOU CAN’T SCENT IF
THERE’S ALCOHOL INVOLVED.
>> SO THEY MADE IN VERY
DIFFICULT FOR YOU NOT ONLY TO
REPORT, BUT THEN TO CONTINUE
THIS CASE.
>> YEAH.
AND IT WAS A LOT MORE
RETRAUMATIZING AND A LOT MORE
DIFFICULT TO EVEN WANT TO KEEP
PURSUING THESE CHARGES AND -- OR
HAVING HIM BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE,
IT WAS A LOT OF HOOPS FOR ME TO
JUMP THROUGH, AND THAT SHOULD
NOT BE HOW IT IS WHEN YOU’RE
REPORTING AN ASSAULT.
IT’S ALREADY HARD ENOUGH TO DO.
>> Reporter: DANIELLE SAYS SHE’S
NOT ALONE, ACCORDING TO THE
LAWSUIT SHE IS PART OF, 23
OTHERS CLAIM THEIR SEXUAL
ASSAULTS WERE COVERED UP BY THE
SCHOOL.
>> I AM SCARED FOR PEOPLE TO --
AT SCHOOL, I AM FEARFUL THAT
THIS ISN’T GOING TO CHANGE, AND
THAT’S WHY I’M IN THIS LAWSUIT.
THAT’S WHY I’M SPEAKING
PUBLICALLY ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE
IT NEEDS TO CHANGE.
HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE NEED TO GET
HURT BEFORE EMU PUTS A STOP TO
ALL THE RAPES THAT ARE HAPPENING
ON THEIR CAMPUS.
.
>> I DID REACH OUT TO EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY THAT
MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY THAT
RELEASED A STATEMENT...
ED ANY ACCUSATION THAT THE
UNIVERSITY COVERED UP IS FALSE.
IF YOU HEAD TO THE DEFERRED’S
PAGE OF CLICKONDETROIT.COM, YOU
CAN READ THE ENTIRE COMPLAINT AS
WELL AS EMU’S RESPONSES TO IT.
MEANTIME, DALTON BROZ NAN, THE
MAN SAYS DANIEL RAPED HER, IS