Rape Victim Sues Judge Over R-Word Ban

Rape Victim Sues Judge Over R-Word Ban

Posted 11 hours, 34 minutes ago

By Martha Neil

An alleged acquaintance-rape victim has sued the Nebraska judge who banned her from using the word "rape" in testimony, in what her lawyer describes as a troubling trend.

A federal lawsuit filed in Lincoln contends Lancaster County District Judge Jeffre Cheuvront violated Tory Bowen's rights of due process and free speech by banning "rape," "sexual assault," "victim" and "assailant" from testimony in the November 2006 trial of Pamir Safi, according to the Omaha World-Herald. The trial ended in a hung jury.