A member of Linfield College’s board of trustees resigned earlier this year after a student who also served on the board complained that he sexually assaulted her as they were leaving a faculty-trustee dinner and later at a bar where the trustees had gathered, according to a federal suit.

AnnaMarie Motis told the board’s chair that trustee David Jubb put his hands up her dress twice on an evening in February and touched her buttocks and genitalia, the suit says.

Her suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Portland, accuses Jubb of battery and the college of negligence in failing to protect her. She’s seeking at least $550,000 in damages.

“The former trustee involved in this complaint is no longer a member of the Board and has not attended any college functions since we were made aware of the allegation,’’ Linfield College spokesman Scott Nelson said in a statement.

Jubb, 70, is a 1971 Linfield College graduate and had served on the board since 1994, chairing its financial affairs committee, according to a college magazine. He’s a retired partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers and is a board member of The Reser Family Foundation.

The Oregonian/OregonLive generally doesn’t identify alleged victims of sexual abuse but Motis said she wanted to be named.

She was an undergraduate student representative on the college’s board when she attended a faculty-trustees dinner on Feb. 15 at Michelbook Country Club after a board meeting. She was invited to join other trustees at a bar following the dinner.

Jubb said he would pay for an Uber and insisted that Motis accompany him to the bar, Nick’s Backroom in McMinnville, according to her suit.

As they waited in the foyer of the country club for their ride, the student said Jubb told her he was staying at the Atticus hotel in downtown McMinnville and would bring her with him after they met others at the bar and "end the night there,'' the suit says.

Motis said Jubb grabbed her and pulled her body to his. She objected, telling him, “I feel like that’s a little close,’” the suit says.

Jubb didn’t stop and reached under her skirt and aggressively grabbed her bare buttocks, the suit alleges.

The student stepped away, the suit says, and told Jubb, “That’s definitely not something I’m comfortable with.’’

Another trustee entered the foyer and offered the student and Jubb a ride to the bar. Once they arrived, they learned Nick’s was closed, so the trustees decided to go to another bar in downtown McMinnville, The Oak.

Once at The Oak, the student sat opposite Jubb at a narrow table.

He “aggressively bumped” her legs under the table, according to the suit. She moved her chair to be further away, but Jubb pulled her chair closer to him, “then thrust his hand’’ under her dress and touched her genitalia, the suit says.

Motis immediately left the table and told others she needed to leave.

Within a week, the student reported Jubb’s behavior to the board chair and to the college. The chair assured Motis that Jubb would be removed from the board by May, the suit says.

Nelson said when Motis reported the “inappropriate advances,’’ college officials advised her of her options, including going to the McMinnville Police Department and having the college conduct a Title IX sexual harassment investigation. Nelson did not say whether the college contacted McMinnville police.

“In every case of an allegation like this, we advise the students of their options on-campus and off, including going to the police. We offer them resources and help, depending upon what they would like to do. But we would never disclose a student’s decisions without their permission,’’ Nelson said.

The student went to McMinnville police on March 20, according to her lawyers, Erin Greenawald and Sean Riddell.

Jubb resigned from the board in June. He did not return multiple phone and email messages seeking comment.

In a June 17 email to board members, Linfield College board chair David Baca wrote trustees that Jubb had advised him he was resigning “due to health concerns.”

“Dave provided valuable service to the board and the College over many decades,” the email said. “He has been a classmate, friend, and associate of many of us for years, and for those so moved, it is appropriate to express gratitude for his positive contributions, but in doing so we should respect Dave’s privacy. Best Regards, David Baca Chair of the Board”

"Last week, Dave Jubb advised me he was resigning from the Board due to health concerns,'' Chair David Baca wrote, according to the suit.

On July 9, Linfield College interviewed Motis.

The police investigation went to the Yamhill County District Attorney’s Office for review, according to the suit.

Yamhill District Attorney Brad Berry said Tuesday that his office is still reviewing the investigative material, which has been assigned to a deputy district attorney. No charges have been filed at this time.

The office first received material from McMinnville police in August, then more information from police, as well as other sources, in September and additional material about two weeks ago, Berry said.

The college inquiry is still pending, according to the suit.

The suit alleges the college was aware of a prior allegation of sexual harassment involving Jubb but failed to investigate.

“Ms. Motis was subjected to a hostile educational environment created by Linfield’s failure to properly investigate and/or address Defendant Jubb’s previous allegations of sexual assault or sexually inappropriate behavior,” it says.

The college has not yet been officially served with the suit. “But rest assured that protecting students is, and will always be, our highest priority,” Nelson said Tuesday.

Motis is on leave from the school.

She’s seeking economic damages of $250,000, non-economic damages of $300,000 for emotional distress and psychological damage and unspecified punitive damages.

She also wants a judge to order the college to take steps to prevent sex-based discrimination, harassment and assault and fully investigate conduct that may constitute sex-based harassment and/or sexual assault and respond appropriately.

-- Maxine Bernstein

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