Emma uses graduation to continue her year-long harassment of Paul Nungesser
Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia University student who has carried a mattress around campus as part of an art project for the past year, has graduated. And she carried that mattress across the stage during the ceremony — to much applause.
Paul Nungesser, the man she accused of raping her, and who was cleared by a campus hearing and the police, was forced to watch, having walked across the stage just a few minutes earlier.
Nungesser is now suing Columbia for facilitating a harassment campaign against him. He alleges in his lawsuit that by allowing and even praising Sulkowicz’s mattress project, the school was complicit in defaming him.
The harassment “significantly damaged, if not effectively destroyed Paul Nungesser’s college experience, his reputation, his emotional well-being and his future career prospects,” the lawsuit alleges.
On Monday, Columbia circulated an email banning students from bringing large objects to graduation. It appeared at the time that Sulkowicz was being disallowed from carrying her mattress across the stage. But evidently, that was not the case.
If there is still Justice to be obtained in the courtrooms of America, Emma Sulkowicz has just provided Mr. Nungesser with some ammunition.
Of course, it seems these days that ‘in the Halls of Justice, the only Justice is in the Halls’.
Paul Nungesser should focus his lawsuit on Columbia (it has a 9 billion dollar endowment). Emma Sulkowicz has the punishment of being Emma Sulkowicz.
…which in turn will encourage her to carry it to her job interviews. In a way I guess its like bringing your own casting couch.
ohnoes she graduated
Columbia’s only got a few months to prep a camera-ready all-star celebrity rape hooch for next year
chop chop
Paul Nungesser should focus his lawsuit on Columbia (it has a 9 billion dollar endowment). Emma Sulkowicz has the punishment of being Emma Sulkowicz
Oh, don’t neglect the deep pockets, by all means, because Columbia has its own civil liability to pay for, but make the judgment “each and severally liable”, so that whenever she DOES get a job (at whatever fly-over country Starbucks will accept her), she will be working to pay off the civil penalties for the rest of her life. Renew and refresh the judgment every few years or so, so that she won’t be able to just blow it off and hope that the statute of limitations would cause it to lapse (like the Goldmans have had to do against OJ).
Who the hell would be stupid enough to hire matress chick?
Are you kidding? She will probably get a 300k job with a political lobby firm. Or a breast cancer non prophet. Or NBC.
Trust me, she WILL be rewarded.
Err, non profit…
Lee: ‘Non-prophet’ is fitting, as she is a dullard and would never be able to act in the capacity of seer [although, she may end-up working at Sears as a Salesclerk].
Ernst: Some Feminist organization will gladly hire this victim of The Patriarchy. See: Sex Trouble by Robert Stacy McCain.
She could work for a moving company.
I guess maybe I should have asked who in their right mind would hire matress chick, then. Because she’s an employment discrimination/hostile work environment lawsuit timebomb.
Maybe she can get a job working for Sandra Fluke…
She’s a shoo-in for the Clinton foundation. I mean think about it, Lewinsky only carried around knee pads…
Lee wins!