Paul Nungesser, the alleged rapist of Emma Sulkowicz--who has been walking around Columbia with a mattress to protest the school's lack of action against Nungesser--is now suing Columbia for failing "to protect him from a 'harassment campaign' by Sulkowicz."
Nungesser is suing the school's board of trustees, president and a professor that allowed Sulkowicz to write her thesis on the matress-carrying protest. The lawsuit, filed on Thursday, reads, "Columbia University's effective sponsorship of the gender-based harassment and defamation of Paul resulted in an intimidating, hostile, demeaning...learning and living environment." The popularity of Sulkowicz's protest, which was picked up by The New York Times and New York Magazine, has also been damaging to Nungesser's and job prospects.
Columbia had no comment on the lawsuit.