March 7, 2016

Statement from Brandeis University

Brandeis University has been informed of a malicious and false allegation regarding a Brandeis student who recently lost her life. A single and solitary allegation that there was an assault prior to her death was made in an unsubstantiated and anonymous post. This sole online post was made as a comment on an editorial on a student newspaper website.

近期，一位布兰戴斯大学学生不幸去世，我校得知，一篇匿名的网络文章针对此次事件发表了恶意虚假言论。该文以学生报纸网站社论回帖的形式出现，声称这位学生在去世前曾遭到侵犯。

To be entirely clear, Brandeis University has received no report whatsoever, in any form, of any assault involving the student who lost her life. This outrageous allegation has absolutely no basis in fact.

非常清楚的是，布兰戴斯从未收到任何形式来自任何人的关于这位学生被侵犯的报告。这种恶意虚假言论是毫无事实根据的。

Our preliminary investigation indicates that the post was not linked to any Brandeis email or IP address, and most likely originated from someone entirely disconnected from Brandeis University. The University will use all tools at our disposal to investigate and prosecute those who make this kind of hateful and entirely unsupported allegation.

我们的初步调查显示此网络回帖的邮件和IP地址并非来自布兰戴斯，更可能来自于一个与布兰戴斯毫无关系的个体。布兰戴斯将竭尽全力调查并追究发表此类恶意虚假言论者的法律责任。

While the allegation has no basis in fact and only appeared in a solitary anonymous post, the allegation has been irresponsibly repeated in some media outlets, especially in China. Brandeis calls on all media to immediately retract any such reports.

此类言论毫无事实根据，仅是个别匿名者的网络言论，然而这种毫无根据的报道被不负责任地转载于各大媒体，特别是一些中国媒体。布兰戴斯大学呼吁所有相关媒体收回此类报道。

Media have also incorrectly connected recent incidents of indecent exposure near the Brandeis campus to this false allegation. None of these incidents, all of which are being investigated by local police authorities, involved the student who lost her life.

媒体错误地将此次事件与近期布兰戴斯附近发生的一些猥亵事件联系在一起，而这些事件都已经当地警方调查，并均与该学生的不幸去世无关。

Our hearts and prayers are with our Brandeis student and her family.

我们的心与这位学生及其家人同在。

Contact:
Judy Glasser
Interim Vice President of Communications
781-736-4213
jglasser@brandeis.edu