A University of Cincinnati ballet performance looked like “a grab fest,” a sexual-harassment lawsuit claims, alleging that a male student dancer repeatedly touched ballerinas inappropriately during rehearsals and performances.
The federal suit also alleges that the University of Cincinnati’s ballet program “failed to take adequate steps” to ensure that the female dancers were protected.
The federal lawsuit, filed June 30 on behalf of two female dancers, alleges that officials at UC and its College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) treated the women’s complaints with “deliberate indifference,” and violated Title IX.
The University of Cincinnati’s ballet program declined to comment.
That U.S. civil rights law, which bars sex-based discrimination in federally funded education programs, has been in force for a half-century….