The Department of Education confirmed yesterday they did NOT “walk back” Clery violation findings in Alayna’s case. On June 24, 2021 the Arizona Republic reported that according to Arizona State University, the Department of Education “walked back” findings ASU violated the Clery Act by requiring Alayna to sign a non-disclosure agreement. On June 25, 2021 the Arizona Republic reported on a letter to the DOE from ASU disputing the DOE’s findings of ASU in violation of the Clery Act. Neither article included DOE verification of ASU’s claims. On June 29, 2021 the DOE informed Alayna that no findings against ASU have been reversed:
“We, too, had heard those rumors that mentioned the ASU spokesperson’s quote about ‘walking back’ some of the noted violations. This was not the case. Furthermore, the University committed that it would not require non-disclosure agreements.”
Department of Education, 6/29/2021
This is not the first time ASU has misrepresented facts to the press — in 2019 the Arizona Republic reported that sex offender Jeffrey Epstein donated only $250,000 to an ASU program; a month later the Arizona Mirror revealed that ASU actually received more than $2 million from Epstein.
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