On Jan. 4, the Department of Campus Safety (DCS) emailed a Campus Safety Alert to the DU community about a report that a student was raped. According to the alert, the crime took place in the evening of Jan. 2.

“Today, Campus Safety received a report that a student was raped and that the crime involved date-rape drugs,” read the alert. “The crime occurred at an off-campus location near DU. The Denver Police Department along with the University of Denver are investigating the crime.”

DCS reminded the community in the alert that sexual assault is never the victim’s fault.

“Perpetrators choose victims for their vulnerability, not their sexiness or how they look or act. Rape is not a crime of sexual desire. It is a crime of hostility and violence toward the victim,” noted the alert. “People often engage in victim blaming. It is a way to preserve the false belief that they will be safe from sexual assault ‘if only’ they do not do what the victim did. However, rape is not the victim’s fault. Only the perpetrator chooses to commit sexual assault.”

The alert urged anyone with details regarding this specific case to contact the Denver Police Department sex crimes unit at 720-913-6040 or DU’s Title IX Office at 303-871-7436.

For information on any other incident, students are urged to contact DPD at 720-913-2000, the DU Anonymous Tip Line at 303-871-3130 or DU Crime Prevention and Community Outreach at 303-871-3132.