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Elster, who was convicted in criminal court on three counts of rape, two counts of assault and one count of indecent assault, is now serving three years probation and is not allowed on Harvard property. Douglas, who was convicted in criminal court on one count of indecent assault, is under...
Almost a year after Joshua M. Elster, class of 2000, raped a fellow undergraduate, the shock of his actions may have faded from most of our minds. But for the woman he raped--and another undergraduate assaulted last spring by D. Drew Douglas, class of 2000--the nightmare continues, partially...
Douglas was also indicted on June 11 on a countof rape to which he pled not guilty. However, thischarge was never brought to trial.
"I was not advised that a jury would beunsympathetic to my case--just the opposite," saidthe woman assaulted by Douglas. "But going totrial takes a lot more energy then I was willingto spend after having been raked over the coals byHarvard all spring. I wanted my life back."
James L. Sultan, Douglas' attorney, said hedoes not expect the court to revive the rapecharge.