In the meantime, Warner’s future was derailed, his mother said. He lost a job he loved — helping coach high school wrestling — and he was forced to quit another job because he couldn’t set foot on campus.

With the sanction lifted, Warner Seefeld said she was hoping for resolution for her family. While her son’s name has been officially cleared, they do not feel resolved.

She said while her son can go back to UND, he never will, and he’s not sure whether he’ll ever go back to college.

He also said he doesn’t ever want to get married or have children, Warner Seefeld said.

“It’s hard for him to trust again,” she said.

He cannot talk about what happened without it affecting him for months, she said.

“It crushed his spirit in ways that are unimaginable,” Warner Seefeld said. “He sobbed on the floor for hours.”

When she talks about it, she has to occasionally blink back tears, and she said her heart rate starts to race. But she does it, she said, to let others who are going through similar situations know they are not alone and to make people aware of how easy it can be to be kicked out of school, even if you’ve done nothing wrong.