Miranda

We had like an initial Zoom meeting once I filed the Title IX and she was like, I really want to speak to you about this in person.

And so we had a Zoom call and that's when I would have told her about everything that happened in depth in addition to what I had submitted to them, which was an incredibly thorough document.

I reported it and typed out a bunch of stuff, listed my witnesses.

My therapist was very supportive of this, mostly because filing the Title IX meant that I had to start telling my support system what happened to me.

It took so much work for me to even be able to tell Olivia, who had been my best friend for five years at that point.

When I first told her and when I was filing the Title IX, I couldn't even talk to her about the specifics of what happened.

Here's Olivia.

After the initial Zoom meeting with Title IX was when she sent this email that says, I wanted to reach out to provide you with an update on the case.

The respondent, which is Kato and I, had a frank discussion where he took some initial responsibility in regards to the concerns.

I'm meeting with him at length later this week to obtain a better understanding of his perspective and recounting.

We have a few things to decide at this point, chiefly whether this moves forward as an informal or formal resolution.

The words are imperfect.

Both methods have the same low or high level consequences.

Really, what we're talking about is the process.

Informal processes are HR processes where we take undisputed facts and work with senior leadership to determine consequences.

Nothing is less serious in this process.

However, it can move much quicker.

The formal Title IX process in this case would include each complaining or responding party reviewing a document of all gathered information and testimonies with a 10-day rebuttal period.

Then I would create a credibility analysis.

Finally, a decision maker would determine whether a policy violation occurred, and if so, what sanctions or consequences would be involved.