A lesbian Columbia student is suing the
university claiming it did nothing to protect her
from a rapist who penetrated her with scissors
and asked 'still a d*ke?' while she was tied up
with an iPhone charger in her dorm room.
Amelia Roskin-Frazee agreed to be identified on
Tuesday after filing a lawsuit against the
university at Manhattan's Federal Court.
The 20-year-old claims to have been raped
twice by the same man while living in Hartley
Hall dormitory - once in October 2015, when he
attacked her in her bed, and again in December
2015, when she says he raped her with a pair of
scissors.
She is suing the university which she said knew
about the first attack but did nothing to prevent
the second.
She has since reported both alleged incidents to
the NYPD and is in contact with its Special
Victims Unit which would not discuss her case
on Tuesday.
The first alleged attack took place on October 5,
2015. The creative writing student says she was
asleep in her room when she woke up to the
man, who she has still not been able to identify,
raping her in her bed.
She said she passed out from the pain during
the attack and fell unconscious again after he
left.
The second took place on December 14, 2015,
after she allegedly informed university officials
about the first rape and was turned down when
she requested to change rooms because she
felt unsafe.
This time, she said the man was waiting for her
when she returned home at night.
'As soon as she opened the door, she was
pushed in to her room from behind. The room
was completely dark and (she) turned to run out
but her assailant pushed her to the ground.'
'Her assailant pulled off her shorts and
underwear, tied her hands above her head to
her desk chair with her underwear and an
iPhone charging chord, and shoved her shorts
into her mouth,' the lawsuit reads.
The man then penetrated her with 'several
foreign objects including a hairbrush, a pair of
scissors and a razor'.
'(She) screamed as her assailant cut her thighs
with the razor blade....plaintiff's assailant
whispered into her ear "Still a d*ke?" as he
penetrated her with a pair of scissors.'
He left her tied up and naked, it continued.
The next day, Amelia claimed to have received
treatment in hospital for vaginal tearing, cuts to
her wrists and thighs and several bruises on her
legs.
The lawsuit states that she chose not to report
the first incident to police immediately because
she did not want it to become public
information.