This sounds like a case of double jeopardy.

Reason reports.

This University Cleared a Male Student of Rape, Then Re-Tried and Convicted Him Via Insane System

James Madison University initially cleared a male student of wrongdoing in a sexual assault dispute. But after his accuser appealed the decision, administrators put him through a wildly unfair additional procedure in which he was not allowed to challenge the entirety of the new evidence against him—or even appear at the second hearing.

He was suspended for five years: JMU wanted to give his accuser as much time as she needed to finish school before he could return.

The accused student, “John Doe,” is now suing JMU, and a judge has ruled that his lawsuit—which alleges abridgment of due process—can proceed.

To be frank, the accusation is among the more dubious ones I’ve ever read about. Doe and his accuser, “Jane Roe,” met during an impromptu gathering at a mutual friend’s dorm on August 22, 2014. They first had sex that very night. They exchanged friendly text messages the next day, which were later provided as evidence in Doe’s favor at his hearing, according to the judge’s decision. They eventually had sex a second time.

Some days after that, Roe visited Doe in his room and discovered another woman sitting on his bed. Roe left immediately.

They had sex two more times after that—Roe was the initiator both times, according to the mutually agreed upon facts of the case.

But on November 6, 2014, the university informed Doe that someone had accused him of sexual misconduct. He did not immediately learn that his accuser was Roe, though he was barred from having any further contact with her. The university also moved him to another dorm against his will.