Stanford student, 24, allegedly raped drunk girl in her dorm after walking her home from party

A Stanford University student has been accused of raping a drunk woman after walking her home from a party at the prestigious college.Leo Rossitter, a 24-year-old economics and data science student, allegedly tried to kiss the sophomore girl several times before climbing on to her bed and raping her.The alleged attack left her bleeding and traumatized, she alleged.Rossitter was not publicly identified until now.

He is set to face trial next month, according to the Stanford Daily.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office charged Rossitter in October 2024 with rape of an intoxicated person, oral copulation of an intoxicated person and penetration by force.The school had been aware of the assault, suspending Rossitter as a member of the class of 2025 for two years as part of an internal Title IX investigation of the assault.Rossitter just became eligible to return to classes at Stanford this quarter, The Daily reported.Rossitter’s attorney, Daniel Barton, told the outlet his client “is not guilty of the horrible things that he is accused of.”“Since 2022, he has been defending himself against these false allegations both at the University and in court, and he will continue to defend his innocence,” he added.Barton is an award-winning lawyer who has practiced law since 1988.

He graduated from Stanford Law School.Rossitter’s alleged victim wrote an op-ed in The Daily last month — with the headline calling her “A Stanford Jane Doe” in reference to the Cornell rape case — suggesting Stanford and the DA’s Office lacked coordination and responded slowly.“When I was raped in my Stanford dorm room at 19, I too, like Cornell’s Jane Doe, thought that reporting it to Stanford and law enforcement would yiel...