Dartmouth College and nine women who accuse the school of ignoring years of sexual misconduct by three professors have agreed to try to settle a lawsuit out of court. "The parties have been in discussion about participating in mediation in an attempt to resolve this matter without further litigation," the motion said. The November lawsuit accuses Dartmouth of failing to take action to address years of sexual harassment, assault and other misconduct suffered by students at the hands of three Department of Psychological and Brain Science professors. In its original response to the lawsuit, Dartmouth said it was unaware of the allegations until it was alerted by scores of female students. The original lawsuit alleges that professors William Kelley, Paul Whalen and Todd Heatherton harassed women and groped them.

Source: ABC News May 27, 2019 18:16 UTC