A former piano student at Utah State University is suing a professor there, alleging that he sexually assaulted her when she was a freshman in 1994.
In a lawsuit filed Monday, Jaime Aikele Caliendo said she was 17 and piano teacher Dennis Hirst was 23 when he assaulted her in his apartment.
Caliendo shared her allegations against Hirst with the school earlier this year, during an wide-reaching investigation of the piano department following complaints of sexism and abuse. That report, released in April, included Caliendo’s account along with those of more than 40 current and former students.