A University of Rhode Island student who was allegedly filmed while using her dorm’s unisex shower has filed a federal lawsuit against URI, accusing the school of defaming her after she reported the incident last spring.

The woman, referred to in court documents as “Jane Doe,” also alleged the university was negligent, failed to take adequate security measures, and “placed her in an unusually vulnerable position.”

URI “knew, or through the exercise of reasonable care should have known, that its specific design of unisex restrooms which lacked reasonable privacy or safeguards created an unreasonable risk of harm to the Plaintiff and other students,” the complaint argues.

A spokesperson for URI said the university is unable to comment on pending litigation.

According to the lawsuit, th

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