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"A Northwestern University professor who was accused in February of making unwanted sexual advances toward a student sued that student today, claiming her allegedly false accusations not only defamed him, but interfered with his current and prospective employment.<br /><br />Filed Tuesday in the Cook County Circuit Court, Peter Ludlow&rsquo;s lawsuit includes four counts against the female student: defamation, false light invasion of privacy, intentional inference with an employment contract and intentional inference with prospective employment. He is seeking $30,000 in damages on each count.<br /><br />Ludlow&rsquo;s lawsuit marks the <a href=\"http://cookcountyrecord.com/issues/310-defamation/265805-professor-accuses-northwestern-of-discrimination-defamation-over-investigation-into-students-sexual-misconduct-claim-marks-third-suit-between-the-three-parties\">latest lawsuit in the matter</a> -- at least the fifth --&nbsp; since the student sued the university in federal court in February, when she claimed it did not do enough following the filing of a formal sexual assault complaint against the philosophy professor she previously took a course with.<br /><br />That same month, the undergraduate student filed a state court suit against Ludlow, alleging violations of the Gender Violence Act and again reiterating her claims he got her drunk after an off-campus art event in February 2012, made unwelcome sexual advances and brought her back to his apartment, where she woke up the next day in his arms.<br /><br />Also in February, Ludlow sued a few media outlets for using the phrase &ldquo;allegedly raped&rdquo; in the headline of a story about the student&rsquo;s sexual assault allegations, contending it constituted defamation. And in June, he lodged a federal lawsuit against Northwestern, accusing it of gender discrimination, defamation and invasion of privacy.<br /><br />It appears three of the four lawsuits filed prior to today remain pending. A judge in July tossed Ludlow&rsquo;s state court defamation complaint against the media outlets based on the fair-report privilege, but it looks like he is appealing that ruling.<br /><br />Ludlow, in the action filed today, claims the student propositioned him at the February 2012 art event and he refused her advances.<br /><br />He contends the student, in the days following, tried to reach him by phone, text and social media, and after he said he didn&rsquo;t want to date her, she told professors Ludlow had sexually assaulted her, leading to the filing of the formal complaint with the university.<br /><br />Ludlow acknowledges the university determined he violated its sexual harassment policy in April 2012, but stresses in his suit it &ldquo;specifically declined to find that any sexual assault had occurred.&rdquo;<br /><br />According to Ludlow&rsquo;s complaint, the student, after the university issued its finding, sent emails to at least one professor and did television interviews in which he asserts she made false statements about him.<br /><br />He further alleges the students&rsquo; allegedly defamatory statements put him in a false light before the public and interfered with his employment at Northwestern, as well as prospective employment at Rutgers University.<br /><br />In his suit, Ludlow contends the student&rsquo;s statements have caused damage to his reputation, emotional distress, humiliation and embarrassment, as well as lost income and benefits.<br /><br />He is being represented by Kristin Case and Kate Sedey at Case Law Firm in Chicago."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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