Approximate reconstructionReconstructed from the Indiana Daily Student's account of IUPD's October 2023 crime notice; the complete original notice text was not independently confirmed in quotation marks562 chars
IU Bloomington Crime Notice: A contracted janitorial services employee reported that on the evening of October 7, 2023, her supervisor forced her to drink alcohol while on shift and fondled her in a residence hall dining area at approximately 12:30 a.m. At a second job site, the Indiana Memorial Union, the suspect followed the victim into a restroom at approximately 1:30 a.m. and sexually assaulted her. IUPD is actively investigating. Neither the victim nor the suspect are IU employees; both are associated with a third-party janitorial services contractor.
This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.
IUPD received the report on October 17, 2023, ten days after the assaults themselves occurred during the victim's October 7 evening shift, a reporting delay common in workplace sexual-assault cases where the victim continued to work near the supervisor
The two assault locations, a residence-hall dining area and the Indiana Memorial Union restroom, were both closed to the public at the times given, meaning the janitorial crew's after-hours access is what put the victim alone with her supervisor in each location
This case sits at the intersection of workplace violence and sexual offense: the assaults occurred entirely within an employment relationship (supervisor over subordinate at a third-party vendor) but IUPD's own crime classification and this archive's IncidentType taxonomy both categorize forced sexual contact as a sexual offense rather than workplace violence