sex i ll assault on campus one of the first decisions, do i report this crime? if so, where? what victims of campus sexual assault may not realize there are two parallel justice systems. one in the criminal courts, the other a campus tribunal and they may have radically different outcomes. cnn s sarah begganham has been k too. reporter: a fellow student accused him of sexual misconduct, misschool, university of san diego, started investigating. i knew i had all of the evidence i needed to make this go away as quick as possible. reporter: the accusation came from a woman le had sexual relations with. she said some of the encounters were not consensual. he denies than his name has never been public, and he doesn t want his i didn t revealed. the university held a disciplinary hearing, like all schooled that receive federal
it sure seems that way. i ve seen videos of her in presentations, she s becoming a spokesman for for victims went she s not a victim. yeah, i believe she s cap toolizing on this, i believe she s making a career on this. she looks much happier when on tv than she was in the courtroom. she was not credible. mr. zalkind, i met her as well, i ve seen her crying, look sensitive, i ve seen her look distraught. that is your interpretation. and it s an awfully cynical one that she would want to go through, again, this sort of public scrutiny for four years in order to become, as you say, a celebrity. i do want to focus on the campus tribunal because that s one of the things we re talking about tonight, there s a dual justice system that many americans don t know about, so the idea that on campus there s an appeal that can happen, that is secret, that the accuser doesn t know about, that the accuser isn t told
other a campus tribunal and they may have radically different outcomes. sarah gannon has been looking into the courts and finds that justice may not be their first priority. this young man s life changed when a fellow student accused him of sexual misconduct. his school, the university of california san diego started investigating. i knew that i had all the evidence i needed to make this go away as quick as possible. the accusation came from a woman he had sexual relations with. she said some of the encounters were not consensual. he denies that. his name has never been public, and he doesn t want his identity revealed. the university held a disciplinary hearing, like all schools that receive federal fundi funding, ucsd is required to investigate and adjudicate sexual assault complaints from students. most schools don t need to notify police. i thought it would be fair. but the student said it wasn t fair. he was allowed to bring a lawyer, but the lawyer couldn t
and she looks much happier when she s on tv than when she was in that courtroom. she is not credible. i have met her as well. i have seen her crying. i have seen her look sensitive. i have seen her look distraught. that is your interpretation. and it s an awfully cynical one that she would want to go through, again, this sort of public scrutiny for four years in order to become, as you say, a celebrity. i do just want to focus, though, on the campus tribunal. that s one of the things we re talking about tonight, that there is this dual justice system that many americans don t know about. the idea on campus there s an appeal that can happen that is secret, that the accuser doesn t know about, that the accuser isn t told about, that the accuser is not part of. that is a flawed justice system. look, i m not going to go into the details of what happened in that one because i wasn t the attorney, but i have handled we have handled
campus tribunal should be done to ensure fairness and due process for the accused? well, she points to poor training and not enough resources to handle these complex cases. now, harvard law professor genie sook, who we interviewed, she said she was so alarmed by how unfair some of these tribunals could be, that she and many of her fellow law professors joined together and they ve advocated for special specific changes on their campus, harvard law, but also, other campuses across the country, changes like making sure that both sides have an attorney representing them. making sure the appeal process is independent from the process in which guilt or innocence is found. fred? sarah ganim in new york. so for parents of current and future college students, this is a film you will not want to miss.