article_snippet.sent: " According to the lawsuit, Paul Nungesser was cleared of responsibility in Emma Sulkowicz's 2013 rape claim, as well as others that came to light after Emma Sulkowicz's went public with (CNN)A Columbia University student who was accused of rape allegations in various media interviews.
article_snippet.sent: both parties have also both parties said in separate interviews with The New York Times that Paul Nungesser was cleared of responsibility in a disciplinary hearing.
article_snippet.sent: Nungesser, an international student from Germany, filed a federal discrimination lawsuit last week against the New York City school; Nungesser, an international student from Germany president, Lee Bollinger; and the visual arts professor who oversaw Sulkowicz's mattress project, "Carry That Weight," as part of her senior thesis.
article_snippet.sent: a federal discrimination lawsuit alleges the defendants violated Paul Nungesser's right to an education free of gender-based discrimination by allowing Sulkowicz to speak out against him after him had been cleared of wrongdoing.
article_snippet.sent: The defendants "had the power, as well as the legal and contractual obligation" to protect Nungesser, who is also a senior, the lawsuit claims.
article_snippet.sent: By refusing to protect Paul Nungesser, Columbia first became a silent bystander and then turned into an active supporter of a fellow student's harassment campaign by institutionalizing it and heralding it.
article_snippet.sent: Nungesser's complaint seeks damages to be determined at trial for harm to his reputation, loss of educational opportunities and future career prospects.
highlights_snippet.sent: Paul Nungesser says Paul Nungesser was target of gender-based harassment campaign .
  