The criminal trial of a former University of Iowa student and fraternity brother arrested in connection with an alleged 2020 sexual assault, which was supposed to start this week, has been postponed pending a related civil trial.
The civil case against Broc Hawkins, who had been accused of distributing photos and videos of an alleged sexual assault at the Phi Gamma Delta frat house was dismissed.
The civil case against Broc Hawkins, who had been accused of distributing photos and videos of an alleged sexual assault at the Phi Gamma Delta frat house was dismissed.
Protests that enveloped the University of Iowa’s Phi Gamma Delta fraternity this fall caused more than $200,000 in damage to the chapter house and displaced 28 members for the semester.
More than a year away from a trial of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, its University of Iowa chapter, and two former brothers accused of sexually assaulting a fellow UI student, recording the attack, and disseminating the video a judge has agreed to move the case outside Johnson County, citing a “violent protest” and “inflammatory” online comments after allegations went public two years ago.