‘Raped at Spelman’ Twitter Account Details Alleged Morehouse Gang Rape

By Alexis Evans | May 5, 2016

A series of viral tweets alleging that four Morehouse College students gang raped a Spelman College student set off campus outrage and protests at both HBCUs, resulting in Spelman launching an official investigation into the allegations.

A Twitter account using the handle @RapedAtSpelman began publicly sharing the story of how she was gang raped at a party, and then was asked to keep quiet by the college’s dean and Public Safety Department in a series of tweets Monday evening.

Its sad that I have to create a page to express myself rather than tweeting from my real account because AUC students blame & bash victims.

— Raped At Spelman (@RapedAtSpelman) May 2, 2016

The person behind the anonymous ‘Raped At Spelman’ account identified herself as a freshman at Spelman, a historically black private female college. She said that the night she was raped she had gone to a college party and gotten drunk with a group of friends and upperclassmen. Later that night she says four Morehouse students attacked her.

I was drunk but that doesn’t mean I forgot about what happened. I went to the bathroom upstairs to throw up and when I opened the door I was

— Raped At Spelman (@RapedAtSpelman) May 2, 2016

surrounded by 4 Morehouse students who took me to another room and took turns raping me. I was in shock about what had happened.

— Raped At Spelman (@RapedAtSpelman) May 2, 2016

After the alleged rape, Raped At Spelman states that she discovered her friends had left, so she walked back to campus alone and went to Public Safety to file a report before being sent to the hospital for a rape kit. 

She says it took a month before she was scheduled to have a meeting with the college’s dean and Public Safety; to her surprise they asked her to give her “brothers” a pass.

When I got to the meeting with the Dean and Public Safety they asked me what was I wearing, why did I seperate from my friends, & why was I

— Raped At Spelman (@RapedAtSpelman) May 2, 2016

drinking under age. The Dean also said that Spelman & Morehouse are brother & sister so I should give them a pass. I never felt so worthless

— Raped At Spelman (@RapedAtSpelman) May 2, 2016

in my life. I got so depressed that I wanted to take my own life and I started to self-harm. I don’t want to be at a school that does not

— Raped At Spelman (@RapedAtSpelman) May 2, 2016

make me feel safe and wants to silence me. So I would like to say goodbye to Spelman and to the amazing people I’ve met along the way.

— Raped At Spelman (@RapedAtSpelman) May 2, 2016

Adding…

You can NEVER say Morehouse has their sisters back if they are just going to force her on it.

— Raped At Spelman (@RapedAtSpelman) May 2, 2016

By Tuesday, the hashtags #RapedAtSpelman and #RapedByMorehouse were trending on Twitter. Students quickly organized public demonstrations in which they spoke on the state of rape culture at both colleges.

Just like that, the sun’s out and the protest is underway.#RapedByMorehouse #RapedAtSpelman pic.twitter.com/GMzCQESJAF

— Da’Shaun Harrison (@_iAmRoyal) May 3, 2016

Today Black women are doing it again. They’re defending all of our humanity. #RapedByMorehouse pic.twitter.com/V22fc3pZr9

— Avery. (@Philosavery) May 3, 2016

Raped At Spelman continues to tweet from the handle, but her identity remains a mystery. The claims add Spelman and Morehouse to a long list of other schools that have been accused of covering up or mishandling sexual assaults on campuses. As of now, it is unclear whether or not Spelman’s investigation will in fact be able to validate her claims, or provide any type of resolution.