Judge upholds accused student’s gender-bias claim

By Ashe Schow

Published August 7, 2015 8:44pm ET

Judge upholds accused student’s gender-bias claim — Judge Norman K. Moon denied Washington and Lee University's motion to dismiss the lawsuit, allowing John Doe to continue to seek damages resulting from his expulsion from the university. (Wikimedia Commons)Â

A Virginia judge will allow a formerly accused Washington and Lee University student to continue with his lawsuit alleging gender bias against the university.

Judge Norman K. Moon denied W&L’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit, allowing John Doe — as he is referred to in the claim — to continue to seek damages resulting from his expulsion from the university. John believes he was wrongly accused of sexual misconduct, and Moon appears to agree.