Jeremiah True Arrested on Allegations of Sex Abuse and Disorderly Conduct
You might remember Reed University student Jeremiah True who was reportedly kicked out of class for espousing his views on rape.
At our parent site Legal Insurrection, we dug a little deeper and found there was more to the story:
True was not banned from the class for what he said, but rather as a result of a series of disruptive behaviors, Savery said. He declined to elaborate on the behaviors.
True declined to be interviewed Thursday. When contacted via e-mail, he responded that he would only answer questions if the first word in the article was “nigger.”
Reportedly, True was recently arrested on allegations of sex abuse and disorderly conduct.
Best Slovic reports for the Willamette Week:
Reed Student Jeremiah True Arrested on Allegations of Sex Abuse, Disorderly Conduct
Portland police last night arrested Jeremiah True, the Reed College student who drew national attention to campus last month for his increasingly bizarre free speech protests.
Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office records show True has been accused of sex abuse III, harassment and disorderly conduct, all misdemeanors. BuzzFeed reports True disrupted a girls’ high-school rugby practice at Normandale Park in Northeast Portland. It’s not yet clear what happened at the park. (Update: KPTV adds details from a probable cause affidavit. It says True caressed a 17-year-old girl’s hair and arm and made an inappropriate comment that’s not spelled out.)
True, 20, grabbed headlines in March when he claimed he’d been bounced from his Humanities class for saying statistics on campus sexual assaults are overblown—an unpopular opinion. Reed College officials and students said his story wasn’t accurate; True was excluded because of his disruptive behavior.
True’s initial claims were soon overshadowed by his own increasingly erratic actions, including slur-laced online diatribes.
Reed Student Jeremiah True Arrested on Allegations of Sex Abuse, Disorderly Conduct (Willamette Week)
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Oh, it’s Reed College. An island of weird in the ocean of weird that is Portland.