Film takes new look at case of ex-Rutgers professor accused of sexually assaulting disabled student

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Anna Stubblefield says they were in love. The student's family said it was rape.

The then-Rutgers University professor said she had a breakthrough nearly 15 years ago with a nonverbal disabled adult student and they connected through “facilitated communication” using a keyboard.The man’s family, however, said it was rape because he could not consent. Prosecutors agreed and spent years trying to put the professor behind bars.

The film uses the man’s name. But, NJ Advance Media and other news organizations referred to him during the trial as D.J. because he was a sexual assault victim. They began meeting in 2009, first with his parents, then alone in her office. He was in his late 20s, she was in her late 30s. Stubblefield thought he was misdiagnosed, and she could help him communicate – through

 

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