2022年11月29日 已故斯坦福守門員凱蒂邁耶的家人因過失致死起訴大學

  Late Stanford goalie Katie Meyer's family is suing the university regarding a "threatening" letter that their daughter received the same day she died.
已故斯坦福守門員凱蒂邁耶的家人正在起訴大學，因為他們的女兒在她去世的同一天收到了一封“威脅”信。
 
The family of late soccer player Katie Meyer is suing Stanford University 10 months after her death by suicide.
< br/>已故足球運動員凱蒂邁耶的家人在她自殺身亡 10 個月后起訴斯坦福大學。
 
The lawsuit, filed Nov. 23, accuses Stanford of inflicting "emotional distress" on Meyer—the Stanford Women's soccer team captain and goalkeeper—after the university sent her a disciplinary letter on Feb. 28 from its Office of Community Standards regarding a former incident.
這起訴訟于 11 月 23 日提起，指控斯坦福大學在 2 月 28 日從社區(qū)標準辦公室向她發(fā)送了一封關于前事件的紀律處分信之后，斯坦福大學女子足球隊隊長兼守門員邁耶遭受了“情緒困擾” .

According to the lawsuit obtained by E! News, Meyer was charged with "Violation of the Fundamental Standard by spilling coffee on another student" in a notice that contained "threatening language," including a mention of a potential expulsion. She died on the same day she received the letter, per the suit
根據(jù)E！消息稱，邁耶在一份包含“威脅性語言”的通知中被指控“將咖啡灑在另一名學生身上，違反了基本標準”，其中還提到可能被開除。根據(jù)訴訟，她在收到這封信的同一天就去世了
 
The letter came followed am August 2021 incident where Meyer allegedly spilled coffee on a football player who was accused of sexually assaulting Meyer's soccer teammate. The football player did not raise a complaint against Meyer, per the suit, which states it was Lisa Caldera, Dean of Residential Education, who raised the issue.
這封信是在 2021 年 8 月發(fā)生的事件之后發(fā)出的，據(jù)稱邁耶將咖啡灑在一名足球運動員身上，這名足球運動員被指控對邁耶的足球隊友進行性侵犯。根據(jù)訴訟，這名足球運動員沒有對邁耶提出投訴，訴訟稱是寄宿教育院長麗莎卡爾德拉提出了這個問題。
 
The lawsuit states Stanford "recklessly and negligently" sent Meyer the letter after hours, and that the university "failed to respond to Katie's expression of distress" after Meyer wrote back in an email she was "shocked and distraught" with the violation notice.
訴訟稱，斯坦福大學在下班后“魯莽和疏忽地”向邁耶發(fā)送了這封信，并且在邁耶在一封電子郵件中回復她對違規(guī)通知感到“震驚和心煩意亂”后，該大學“未能回應凱蒂的痛苦表達”。
 
"From the onset, there was no reasonable basis, nor sufficient evidence, for Stanford to bring such harsh and aggressive disciplinary charges for purported 'spilled coffee,' and the threats levied against Katie by Stanford employees were unwarranted, overly punitive, without due care and reckless," the lawsuit states. "In short, Stanford employees used the OCS process selectively on Katie Meyer as a form of institutional bullying."
“從一開始，就沒有合理的依據(jù)，也沒有足夠的證據(jù)讓斯坦福大學對所謂的‘打翻咖啡’提出如此嚴厲和激進的紀律處分，斯坦福大學員工對凱蒂的威脅是沒有根據(jù)的、過于懲罰性的、沒有應有的謹慎并且魯莽，”訴訟稱。 “簡而言之，斯坦福員工有選擇地對凱蒂邁耶使用 OCS 流程，作為一種制度欺凌形式。”
 
Stanford denied the lawsuit's allegations, stating that they were "false and misleading."
斯坦福大學否認了訴訟的指控，稱這些指控是“虛假和誤導性的”。
 
"The Stanford community continues to grieve Katie's tragic death and we sympathize with her family for the unimaginable pain that Katie's passing has caused them," the university said in a Nov. 28 statement to E! News. "However, we strongly disagree with any assertion that the university is responsible for her death."
“斯坦福社區(qū)繼續(xù)為凱蒂的悲慘死亡感到悲痛，我們對她的家人對凱蒂的去世給他們帶來的難以想象的痛苦表示同情”該大學在 11 月 28 日給 E! 的一份聲明中說。消息。 “然而，我們強烈反對任何關于大學應對她的死負責的說法。”
 
The university said that they communicated with Meyer regarding her case prior to Feb. 28, and that they provided her with a number to call for "immediate support" that was available at all hours. Stanford also said that they wrote back to Meyer an hour after her replied to the disciplinary letter.
該大學表示，他們在 2 月 28 日之前就她的案件與邁耶進行了溝通，并為她提供了一個全天候可用的“即時支持”電話號碼。斯坦福大學還表示，他們在她回復紀律信件后一小時回信給邁耶。

Moreover, Meyer's family said they are pursuing the case to "seek systemic changes to improve the safety and support of the Stanford students."
此外，邁耶的家人表示，他們正在追查此案，以“尋求系統(tǒng)性的改變，以提高安全和支持斯坦福學生。”
 
"Katie Meyer absolutely loved being a student-athlete at Stanford University," the family said in a Nov. 23 statement. "We are deeply troubled and disappointed with what we have learned since her passing and have no choice but to move forward with litigation to achieve justice for Katie and protect future students."
“凱蒂邁耶非常喜歡成為斯坦福大學的學生運動員，”家人在 11 月 23 日的一份聲明中說。 “我們對她去世后所了解到的情況深感不安和失望，別無選擇，只能繼續(xù)提起訴訟，為凱蒂伸張正義，保護未來的學生。”