Citadel Ex-Cadet Tells of Harassment

A female cadet who left The Citadel said male cadets booed her in the mess hall and entered her room late at night and made sexual comments, according to her 230-page deposition. Jeanie Mentavlos said she couldn’t tell anybody in authority about the harassment. “All of these people were, like, connected. So there was nobody I could go to,” she said in the sworn statement. She and Kim Messer left the school after one semester. State and federal agencies are investigating and 10 cadets face disciplinary action. Two female cadets remain at the college.