
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors are taking another look at a woman’s claims she was raped at a University of Kansas residence hall last year.
District Attorney Charles Branson said Wednesday that he received new information last week about another encounter between the accuser and the same man. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Branson says he will consider that information and determine whether it would make a difference in a charging decision.
He declined to publicly discuss details of the alleged incident — and how those would affect the strengths and weaknesses of the case — because the alleged victim’s family asked him not to.
Branson’s comments came the same day the university’s Student Rights Committee passed a resolution condemning the school’s handling of student complaints of sexual assault.