A victim who met an unidentified man at The Boot bar on Broadway Street reported being raped by the man a short time later on the grounds of Tulane University, campus police reported early Saturday (Feb. 18).
The sexual assault occurred sometime Friday night near the Josephine Louise Residence Hall, according to the notification sent to students, faculty and staff.
No description of the suspect was provided, other than his male gender. The alert also did not disclose the age or gender of the victim, nor say whether the victim was a student at the university.
According to Tulane police, the victim left with the man from the popular campus-adjacent bar The Boot (1039 Broadway St.), entered campus near the Louise Hall, and “began consensual intimate contact.”
Police said the victim “began to feel uncomfortable with the encounter” and asked the man to stop. But police said “the subject refused and forced sexual intercourse upon the victim and then fled the area in an unknown direction.”
The campus police department said it was investigating along with the New Orleans Police Department, but that the suspect “is not known to the victim or law enforcement and is not in custody at this time.”
Tulane police said the suspect and the victim left together from a bar named The Boot on 1039 Broadway Street and entered the campus near Louise Hall, where they “began consensual intimate contact.” According to police, the victim “began to feel uncomfortable with the encounter” and urged the suspect to stop, but he “refused and forced sexual intercourse upon the victim and then fled the area in an unknown direction.”
The campus police department is reportedly investigating the incident along with the New Orleans Police Department. Authorities said that the suspect “is not known to the victim or law enforcement and is not in custody at this time.”
This incident comes days after the rape and murder of Madison Brooks. The 19-year-old allegedly worked at a bar in Louisiana where she met the suspects who allegedly assaulted her later. Police said that surveillance footage showed Brooks entering the bar around 10 pm on January 14, when she did not appear to be working. She met the juvenile suspect at the bar and left with him in an intoxicated state between 1 am and 2 am on January 15, the day the alleged assault occurred. The three other suspects later got into the car and allegedly raped Brooks. She was then dropped off nearby and eventually run over by a ride-share driver.
According to the autopsy, Brooks had “injuries consistent with previous sexual assault anally,” as well as other injuries from the crash. Police said the driver of the vehicle will not be charged because he was not intoxicated. He also immediately called emergency services.
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