A woman using the pseudonym “Jane Doe” is suing the University of Wisconsin-Madison chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity and its national headquarters after she was allegedly drugged and gang raped at a party at the fraternityâ??s Langdon Street house last October.
Her attorney, Robert Elliot, filed a civil lawsuit in Milwaukee County circuit court last week, alleging that the fraternityâ??s negligence caused the womanâ??s injuries and that it failed to create a safe environment. The fraternityâ??s insurer, Risk Management Foundation, was also named as a defendant in the suit.
A lawsuit tells only one side of a story. Phone and e-mail messages left with the Sigma Chi headquarters and the Risk Management Foundation, both based in Evanston, Ill., were not returned Tuesday.