My son was sent home from university & is being investigated for sexual misconduct

DEAR DEIDRE: MY lad was truthful excited to commencement assemblage successful September.

Now helium has been sent location due to the fact that different pupil accused him of intersexual misconduct.

The constabulary aren’t progressive – the assemblage is conducting its ain investigation.

While it’s happening, my lad isn’t allowed to sojourn the field and helium has to bash his learning online.

He’s lone 18 and helium is terrified.

Everyone successful his dorm went to a enactment conscionable earlier Christmas.

He met a miss there. She was precise drunk and each of her friends had left.

My lad was acrophobic for her information truthful helium offered to locomotion her home.

They got to her country and she passed retired connected the bed.

He stayed overnight due to the fact that helium was disquieted she would choke connected vomit successful her sleep.

In the morning, they were intimate.

My lad says it was consensual but she’s saying helium took vantage of her portion she was inactive drunk.

I judge my lad is innocent, but I consciousness powerless to assistance him.

He is becoming withdrawn and I’m frightened helium is sinking into depression.

DEIDRE SAYS: Universities person the powerfulness to behaviour investigations into alleged crimes, including intersexual misconduct.

While these aren’t transgression inquiries, their findings tin beryllium passed connected to the police.

I recognize wherefore you’re disquieted but this is simply a clip for action, not panic.

Firstly, guarantee your lad contacts his GP astir his intelligence health. It mightiness assistance for him to get counselling oregon medicine to ward disconnected the hazard of depression.

Then inquire his assemblage for an update connected the investigation. They person to beryllium transparent, truthful guarantee you find retired who is conducting it and however agelong it volition take.

Tell your lad to support immoderate grounds of that night. He should not interaction the miss oregon usage societal media to speech astir the incident. And look into getting ineligible advice.

Contact the False Allegations Support Organisation (false-allegations.org.uk, 03335 779 377) for free, confidential advice.
FASO helps radical who person been accused of transgression behaviour, positive their families and friends.