Editor's note: If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24 hours a day at 1-800-273-8255.
At the time of her death, per the report, she was facing disciplinary action for allegedly spilling coffee on a Stanford football player while she was riding her bike in August. That football player had allegedly sexually assaulted a female soccer player, who was a minor at the time.
"Stanford's after-hours disciplinary charge, and the reckless nature and manner of submission to Katie, caused Katie to suffer an acute stress reaction that impulsively led to her suicide,'' the complaint said,."Katie's suicide was completed without planning and solely in response to the shocking and deeply distressing information she received from Stanford while alone in her room without any support or resources.
"Katie, sitting alone in her dorm room, when it was dark outside, immediately responded to the email expressing how 'shocked and distraught' she was over being charged and threatened with removal from the university,'' the complaint said,"Stanford failed to respond to Katie's expression of distress, instead ignored it and scheduled a meeting for three days later via email.
The formal complaint against Meyer allegedly came exactly six months after the incident, the final day that Stanford can do so under its own policy.
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