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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Ex-Xavier guard Dez Wells is suing the school claiming he was wrongfully expelled last year. (G Fiume/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maryland guard Dez Wells filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking damages against his former school,\u00A0Xavier University, and its president, claiming he was wrongfully expelled\u00A0last summer, Yahoo! Sports reports.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The school president, Father\u00A0Michael Graham,\u00A0says the lawsuit, filed in\u00A0United States District Court\u00A0in Cincinnati,\u00A0is without merit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u00A0\"We have read the complaint and the allegations of wrongdoing are unfounded and cannot be supported,\"\u00A0Graham\u00A0said. \"The process used by the\u00A0Xavier University Conduct Board\u00A0applies to all of our students and is the standard used in American universities. After members of the\u00A0Conduct Board reached their decision, the matter was considered and upheld in an appeal. The sanction for the offense was\u00A0expulsion. \"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wells was expelled from the school following a\u00A02012 allegation of sexual assault, but\u00A0a prosecutor declined to charge Wells and said the charge \"didn't reach anything close to a standard of proof\" and \"should never have gotten to the point where someone's reputation is ruined.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The lawsuit seeks monetary compensation, as well as an overturning of the expulsion to clear Wells' name of what he calls a false accusation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wells' attorney said that he has suffered \"severe emotional distress\" for having been essentially deemed a rapist \u2013 and heckled as such while playing road games. \u00A0Wells averaged 13.1 points a game for Maryland last season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"From the moment this nightmare began, I've been trying to get everyone to understand that I am innocent,\" Wells said in a statement through attorney\u00A0Peter Ginsberg. \"The supposed leaders at Xavier destroyed my reputation. It needs to make this right. Xavier needs to set the record straight.\"&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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