A federal judge ordered the University Friday to hand over to William McCormick all records of donations and fundraising by the father of the woman who accused McCormick of rape in 2006.
The judge, John McConnell '80 of the Rhode Island District Federal Court, is the sixth to see the case land on his docket. The case was being heard by a New Hampshire judge before it was transferred back to Rhode Island Oct. 4.
McCormick, a former member of the class of 2010, is suing the University, his accuser and his accuser's father — both alums — over what he claims is a false rape accusation made against him during the first days of his freshman year at Brown. The accuser's father is a prominent University donor and fundraiser. The suit alleges that the father's donations and fundraising activities led University administrators to treat McCormick unfairly and improperly force him out of Brown.
McConnell also ordered the University Friday to provide unredacted copies of communications between the accuser's father and Russell Carey '91 MA'06, currently senior vice president for Corporation affairs and governance and then-interim vice president for campus life and student services.
— Herald Staff
