College soccer goalkeeper Katie Meyer was going through disciplinary motion earlier than her dying in February, in accordance with a wrongful dying lawsuit filed by her dad and mom towards the college.
Meyer was mentioned to be using her bike in the summertime when she apparently spilled espresso on a Stanford soccer participant, who allegedly sexually assaulted a feminine soccer participant — a minor on the time — in accordance with the lawsuit, which was obtained by USA Today Sports.
Meyer, who served because the captain of the Stanford girls’s soccer staff, was despatched a discover relating to imminent disciplinary motion over the incident, which passed off in August, on the night of her dying, per the go well with.
“Stanford’s after-hours disciplinary cost, and the reckless nature and method of submission to Katie, brought about Katie to undergo an acute stress response that impulsively led to her (dying),” the grievance learn.
“Katie’s (dying) was accomplished with out planning and solely in response to the stunning and deeply distressing data she acquired from Stanford whereas alone in her room with none help or assets.”
Meyer is alleged to have acquired the discover after 7pm, when campus counseling assets had already closed, per the grievance, which additionally famous that Meyer “instantly responded to the e-mail expressing how ‘shocked and distraught’ she was over being charged and threatened with elimination from the college.”
Katie Meyer shared photographs on Instagram. Photo: @katiemeyerrr.Source: Instagram
The go well with alleges that Stanford “failed to reply to Katie’s expression of misery, as an alternative ignored it and scheduled a gathering for 3 days later through e-mail,” and the way college workers “made no effort by any means to verify on Katie’s well-being, both by a easy cellphone name or in-person welfare verify.”
Dee Mostofi, who’s Stanford’s assistant vice chairman of exterior communications, acknowledged that the pinnacle of the Office of Community reached out to Meyer “a number of days” previous to the late student-athlete receiving the formal letter. Mostofi mentioned the OCS particular person “gave Katie till that date to offer any additional data for consideration,” and that Meyer “supplied no data and OCS knowledgeable her on the night of February 28 that the matter would transfer to a listening to.”
“The Stanford group continues to grieve Katie’s tragic dying and we sympathise together with her household for the unimaginable ache that Katie’s passing has brought about them,” Mostofi mentioned in an e-mail to USA Today. “However, we strongly disagree with any assertion that the college is chargeable for her dying.”
Meyer’s discover is alleged to have contained a cellphone quantity to contact for “instant help,” and was knowledgeable the provision of the useful resource was 24 hours a day and 7 days every week, per Mostofi. Meyer can be mentioned to have been “explicitly instructed that this was not a dedication that she did something unsuitable, and OCS provided to fulfill together with her to debate the matter if she wished.”
The soccer participant was not looking for any punishment that might “influence” Meyer’s life throughout the disciplinary course of, per USA Today.
Meyer was 22 years outdated on the time of her dying.
Meyer helped Stanford seize the 2019 NCAA girls’s soccer championship. She majored in worldwide relations and minored in historical past.
— This story initially appeared on nypost.com and has been republished with permission
