An employee at Stanford University has been arrested and accused of lying about being raped on campus twice last year, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
The employee was identified as 25-year-old Jennifer Gries of Santa Clara who is listed on the university's website as a Housing Service Center Supervisor. The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office said Gries was arrested on Wednesday morning and is facing felony perjury and other charges.
Gries told the nurse she didn't want police to contact her at that time, although she signed a consent form acknowledging the nurse is a mandated reporter who must notify law enforcement. The DA's office said an investigation by Stanford Dept. of Public Safety revealed Gries had made a recent sexual harassment complaint against a coworker who fit the description of the alleged rapist. Gries told an acquaintance she was in a relationship with the man and was sexually assaulted by him, becoming pregnant with twins. Gries also allegedly claimed to have suffered a miscarriage. The DA's office said the investigation revealed that she was not pregnant at that time.
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