2/26/16 UPDATE: Indiana University issued a statement Feb. 26 stating that Jason Casares has resigned.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Indiana University's Associate Dean of Students and Deputy Title IX Director, Jason Casares, is on paid leave as the university investigates a sexual assault claim made by an employee of another university, IU spokesperson Mark Land confirmed.
Casares was named to the position in June 2011.
The claim is from Jill Creighton, the president-elect of the Association for Student Conduct Administration. She says the assault happened at the association's Forth Worth, Texas conference in Dec. 2015.
She wrote an open letter to the association and conference attendees stating her case. Read the letter here.
"I made the mistake of letting my guard down while socializing with Jason about Association business," Creighton said. "Jason took advantage of me after I had had too much to drink."
She said she filed a complaint with Texas police because she felt unsafe. She also asked ASCA to impeach Casares.
Casares later resigned from his position as the Association's president-elect after several impeachment hearings.
"I also could not stand the hypocrisy of Jason parading his expertise on Title IX, knowing how he had behaved with me," Creighton wrote in the letter.
Creighton said she feels like she is risking her position as future ASCA president by speaking out about the incident with Casares. She said the Association has not supported her.
ASCA said Thursday it had received a formal complaint from Creighton in December and is investigating the incident, although Casares remains a member of the organization and can still present at conferences.
Casares is on paid leave from IU as the university now investigates the claim.
You can read more here from the Indiana Daily Student.
