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Columbia student publicized as rapist by mattress 'performance art' project sues school

The Associated Press is reporting that a Columbia University student repeatedly accused of being a serial rapist is suing the school, alleging that Columbia did nothing to protect his reputation after both school and law enforcement authorities rejected the case of his accuser.

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Paul Nungesser, a German citizen, claims that a website owned by Columbia University has presented as fact that he had sexually assaulted onetime friend Emma Sulkowicz, a senior majoring in visual arts. Sulkowicz has drawn worldwide publicity to her case via the “Mattress Project,” in which she carries a mattress around campus, and intends to bring it to graduation, as part of her senior thesis.

Visual arts professor Jon Kessler, named as a defendant in the case, approved the “Mattress Project” for college credit. “Carrying around your university bed — which was also the site of your rape — is an amazingly significant and poignant and powerful symbol,” he told the Columbia Spectator. Nungesser says the project and resultant publicity have harmed his career prospects; Sulkowicz counters that “really it’s just an artistic expression of the personal trauma I’ve experienced at Columbia.”

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Writing for the Washington Examiner, Ashe Schow reports that days after Sulkowicz’s original appeal to the university was denied, she sought advice from a publicist and shared Nungesser’s name with the New York Post, despite a confidentiality agreement with Columbia. His name eventually appeared in Columbia’s school newspaper alongside the allegation he was an unpunished rapist. His lawsuit includes a map of 35 countries where Sulkowicz’s claims of rape were covered.

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A spokesperson for Columbia said the university had no comment. Nungesser’s complaint can be read online.

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