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big trouble at nova: philadelphia magazine breaks HUGE story.

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Explosive Sexual Assault Lawsuit Hits Villanova University

The lawsuit has been filed over a dorm room incident on the first day of classes in 2022.

By Victor Fiorillo· 8/29/2024, 7:15 a.m.

VU rape docketDownload
CA vs VU Courts Etc suitDownload

And Bryn Mawr Courts. OK they call it College Hall or the Courts or whatever now but it is STILL the same old animal house apartment building owned by Marks and Company forever. It is the corner of Montgomery Avenue and Morris Avenue in Bryn Mawr next to Shipley.

The Philadelphia Inquirer also has an article, but Philadelphia Magazine scooped all this morning.

So it’s the university, Marks & Co, and 3 defendants on the Philadelphia filed suit. As per PACER and Pacer Monitor.

Lead DefendantVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY800 Lancaster Avenue
Villanova, PA 19085		Represented ByJAMES A. KELLER
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
contact info
Nominal Defendant College Hall Associates, L.P., d/b/a College Hall Apartments, a/k/a “The Courts”101 Mill Creek Road
Ardmore, PA 19003
Nominal DefendantCollege Hall G.P., d/b/a College Hall Apartments, a/k/a “The Courts”101 Mill Creek Road
Ardmore, PA 19003
Nominal Defendant Juan Eguiguren
800 Lancaster Avenue
Villnova, PA 19085
Nominal DefendantElijah Jospeh Katzenell12606 Granite Rock Road
Clarksburg, MD 20871
Nominal DefendantMarks & Company USA, Inc. d/b/a Marks & Company101 Mill Creek Road
Ardmore, PA 19003
Nominal DefendantAndrew Polun6 Timberpark Court
Luther-Timonium, MD 21093
PlaintiffLT. JUDGE C.A.230 S. Broad Street Suite 900
Philadelphia, PA 19102

So it seems like only one of the students is still in the Philadelphia area at Villanova? These guys? This is a life tank and why is Villanova not doing more to protect female students? Maybe this is why Villanova needs a better handle on off campus student housing? How many years and how many stories? And always these apartments a problem…see this from Villanovan:

Community Tightens Around the Future of College Hall

Arden West, Co-Editor-in-Chief February 21, 2024

Ok BOLLOCKS. If Villanova supervised off campus students ANYWHERE would there have been all the issues last weekend involving keeping Tredyffrin, Upper Merion, and Radnor police busy? And devil’s advocate time: how can Villanova supervise all of the off campus kids anyway? It’s a big school and is there even an off campus directory yet? Other schools treat off campus a little differently and some schools need students to produce where they are living off campus if they want their class schedules etc, right?

That school has a reputation of misplaced sense of entitlement from a lot of the off campus students even if all the kids aren’t like that, and legit they all aren’t. But you never hear about THOSE kids, only the problems…

And it’s NOT like sexual assaults at Villanova haven’t been reported before.

And I can’t say Villanova or some at Villanova aren’t trying to make a difference. See:

https://www.facebook.com/ItsOnUsNova

But right now it’s back to school with an explosive case of sexual assault. Maybe Marks & Company should just redo the old Bryn Mawr Courts to regular apartments. It’s a really cool old pre-war building.

Here is the Inquirer article:

A woman has sued Villanova University saying she was raped while a student in 2022 because of the school’s negligence in addressing underaged drinking and sexual abuse

The alleged assault took place on the first week of the 2022-23 school year following a party known as Sylly Night. by Abraham Gutman Published Aug. 29, 2024, 5:53 p.m. ET

Yeah and about Katzenell? He seems like to like his social media so I am surprised they can’t track him down?

Yes Villanova of course is aware. So is Lower Merion Township for that matter when it comes to off campus student housing like the old Bryn Mawr Courts.

nope, it’s not ok

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Last night I published a post about essentially being harassed by someone from a Villanova University IP address leaving comments on this website. This was after I had written about what is going on in Mount Pleasant again in Tredyffrin’s panhandle.

Overnight I received yet another comment which, once again has an IP address the tracks to Villanova University.

Of course, I am always surprised that it seems like the Tredyffrin Manager Bill Martin does not deal with these off campus party houses because he previously also worked in Radnor Township, so he is aware that the problems are real, and not just made up.

I will also note that there are plenty of off-campus student rentals where the students get along very well with their neighbors. But there are still houses that are the exception to that rule. One of those houses is 985 Mount Pleasant Ave. in the Tredyffrin side of Wayne.

This property is now in an LLC but it still looks like it’s the same owner. I think probably this house goes from word of mouth to word of mouth from school year to school year. it probably originally started as somebody getting a house off campus for their kid while they were in school, which is common practice around the country. But then sometimes people sell these properties when the kids are out of school. Other property owners often decide to keep these properties as investments.

So I’m getting these messages. The first message came with a real email address with the first comment. Next with the second comment it was a fake email but related IP address, now there is this comment with a fake e-mail address but another related IP address.

This all went to Villanova, and the Dean of Students along with what was sent yesterday. And again this is over an off campus animal house party house that I wrote about over the weekend is located in Tredyffrin. Again, the comments are coming as per the IP searches from Radnor Township, so that’s presumably main campus. If the comments persist, I can go to Radnor Police Department and file a report. They are aware of this. BUT…

Yes there is a but. And it is in my decision making process.

Villanova is a rather expensive school these days, and this person sending the comments has been sent to this very expensive school by two hard-working parents. If I file a formal police report, this is something that could follow this commenter around as he is graduating and looking for a job. It’s all fun and games to be an internet gangsta, but the reality is something not grasped about behavior like this.

This commenter is close to if not 21 already. But over 18. They don’t have very much life experience so they don’t realize that this is not his parents’ glory days of college. No one wants a kid that parents are spending hard earned money on to not be able to develop to their full potential after graduation, right? But this behavior needs to stop. And even Villanova knows that.

So I am giving Villanova University the opportunity to deal with this. In turn for the time being it gives this internet punk a gift he may not deserve, but perhaps his parents do.

However, it is time for Tredyffrin Township to deal proactively with the problems of these off-campus student houses. The neighbors do actually have rights even if Tredyffrin seeming likes to pretend Mount Pleasant doesn’t exist.

I see you residents of Mount Pleasant. You all are dealing with so much including with the really horrible development that keeps happening. This is an area that deserves respect and their history as well.

As for the rest of it? Gosh here’s hoping that some day kids living in off campus housing and their friends coming over to party realize that it takes so little to be a decent neighbor while they are living in these neighborhoods.

Villanova did reach out to me today and promised they are looking into this. So I will see what happens. I am not trying to be unfair. But these kids have to behave better off campus while they are guests in our communities and leaving comments like this wherever is simply unacceptable behavior.

Thanks for stopping by.

well hello tredyffrin- that’s some college kegger in mount pleasant…