A lawsuit filed by a Harvard graduate who said she was sexually assaulted by a fellow student and then forced by the university to live in the same dorm as her attacker accuses the institution of failing to protect her and of creating a culture of silence about sexual violence. The lawsuit filed by the former student, Alyssa Leader, on Tuesday in United States District Court in Massachusetts seeks a jury trial for unspecified damages. Ms. Leader said in a telephone interview on Thursday that she was trying to raise awareness about what she described as Harvard’s inadequacy in handling sexual assault cases. “The main thing that I want to see is accountability,” Ms. Leader, 22, said. “No one should have to live in fear of their safety. I should not have had to live with my abuser. They should have done something to separate us.”

February 19, 2016 ・ From The New York Times