A faculty member allegedly engaged in retaliation against the victim.

Greg Campbell of the Daily Caller has the story.

Colorado University Pays Big For Alleged Retaliation Against Sex-Assault Victim

A tenured professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder is being fired after a student claimed that he retaliated against her for reporting that she was sexually assaulted by another student.

The victim claims that associate philosophy professor David Barnett investigated the assault allegation and concluded that the victim was “sexually promiscuous.” His report also insinuated that the victim may have made a false allegation to cover up that she was cheating on her boyfriend, according to the Daily Camera.

CU has already paid the victim in the case $825,000 to settle her allegation that Barnett’s 38-page report was in retaliation for her making the allegation in the first place.

CU’s philosophy department has been under scrutiny since the American Philosophical Association Committee on the Status of Women conducted a site visit last year. A report by the group in January slammed the department for cultivating a climate of sexual harassment.

Barnett’s lawyer told the Camera that the professor is being made an example of so that university administrators can be seen to cracking down in response to the report.

“Every male member of the CU philosophy department already has had his reputation damaged as a result of the administration’s selective release of information,” attorney Brian Moore is quoted as saying. “Now, even though professor Barnett is not accused of harassing anyone, the administration is attempting to make him the scapegoat.”