A 19-year-old man is being charged for allegedly raping a 20-year-old woman.
The woman told police John Schwartz raped her between 2 and 3 a.m. Friday at her house, Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Shane Rasche said.
Police said Schwartz is an IU student. Police listed his address as the Sigma Pi fraternity house.
The woman reported the rape around 2:30 p.m. Friday at the police station. BPD could not confirm whether she is an IU student.
She told police she started talking to Schwartz on Tuesday over Instagram. Schwartz came over to the woman’s house Thursday night.
When the woman, one of her roommates and Schwartz were in the living room, Schwartz kept suggesting they go to the woman’s bedroom to lay down, she told police. All three of them went to the bedroom where Schwartz and the woman lay in the bed together while the roommate sat on the floor.
The roommate, who told police she began to feel uncomfortable, left.
Once she left, Schwartz made an advance on the woman, police said. She told police she turned him down and thought he understood.
However, she reported he began grabbing her and then raped her.
Police said she told him no at least 10 times.
Sigma Pi released a statement on the incident Sunday.
"Sigma Pi does not tolerate or stand for instances of sexual assault of any kind. When we received the news, we were horrified and immediately removed the member from our fraternity and we are currently in the process of removing him through our nationals," the statement read. "This case did not occur at Sigma Pi and does not involve Sigma Pi. We are taking this case very seriously and are fully cooperating with the involved authorities to resolve this situation."
