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And I don't want to because we had this very personal experience and she saw me in arguably the lowest point of my life, certainly a low day within the totality of the experience.

I feel like it hurt my case.

I think the policy stated that if I wanted to appeal this decision to a hearing, which was either party's choice, if he had been found responsible, he could have appealed to a hearing too.

But I think it was something like three days that you had to decide if you wanted to do a hearing or not.

Yes.

I have to decide if I want a hearing within three days.

And the hearing committee at Western University at this time was made up of staff, faculty and other students that attended or worked at Western University.

which in some ways is kind of problematic.

I notified them that I would like to appeal to a hearing and they said, okay, we'll begin working on a date.

I ended up dealing with the Office of the General Counsel, which is a big office of lawyers that work for Western University.

At this point, we're up to, what, four different offices?

The Title IX office, Office of the Dean of Students, the Advocates, and now we're adding in this fourth entity.

Because they are the ones that schedule this fake legal proceeding.

I was told that that timeline would be a pretty quick turnaround.

It was not.

My hearing was around Thanksgiving time of 2017.

Yes.

I did not know until I spoke with Dr. Badera years later that he does pro bono work for survivors, but his main role in his professional life is a defense attorney for rapists.

So I don't know if like pro bono workforce survivors is his guilt relieving activity or what.

They chose him because I wasn't from that state or area.