USC suspends person after sexual assault, drugged allegations involving Sigma Nu fraternity

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LOS ANGELES (KABC) – As outrage grows over disturbing allegations of sexual assault and drug-related incidents at a fraternity section of USC, President Carol Folt said the university has suspended an individual as part of the investigation.

Folt’s statement to the USC community on Friday said the individual was placed on temporary suspension Tuesday, a day before the Sigma Nu Chapter was also temporarily suspended.

A campus crime alert sent by USC’s public safety department on Wednesday raised awareness of a reported sexual assault and other drug reports at the Sigma Nu fraternity home.

This alert referred to two separate incidents: a police report of sexual assault at a fraternity last weekend and confidential information that drugs could have been placed in drinks without consent during a party last month at the same house, which led to possible drug-facilitated sex. assault, “Folt said in the statement.

“Such behavior is deeply disturbing, it hurts people and goes against everything we stand for as a community,” the statement said. “We are sorry for the pain and anguish this causes.”

USC said it informed the Los Angeles Police Department.

In another development, LAPD identified USC Section Chairman Sigma Nu, Ryan Schiffilea, as a suspect in another sexual assault case reported on Oct. 16. Although he has not been arrested or charged, Schiffilea has been questioned by detectives, according to the Los Angeles Times.

It is not clear if Schiffilea is the student who was suspended.

Due to the suspension, the Sigma Nu chapter is prohibited from hosting or organizing activities. No parties or social gatherings will be allowed at the fraternity house.

USC’s Interfraternity Council issued a statement, stating in part: “We are disgusted that this violence has taken place in our community. There is no place for this heinous misconduct and a culture that supports it in our community. the Interfraternity Council community at the University of Southern California. or anywhere. “

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