Monmouth University Named In Campus Sex Assault Lawsuit

WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ - A Monmouth University student is suing the school, a former student and the national chapter of a fraternity the former student attempted to start on campus, in connection with a 2019 sexual assault incident that allegedly took place in a dorm room after an on-campus event.

Then-sophomore Dylan Bradley Mund allegedly brought his roommate, the victim and her roommate back to Mund’s dorm room following a “surf club” dance event sponsored by the Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity chapter he was attempting to found on campus, according to the April 17 lawsuit filed in Monmouth County Superior Court. He then allegedly drugged the victim - who was two months into her first year at the college at the time - and “violently” raped her, according to the lawsuit.

Mund graduated from Monmouth University in 2022, per university commencement records. A request for comment from him and the university were not immediately returned.

Mund later bragged about the assault, telling his peers that he raped the victim and that her body was ugly and “hairy like a gorilla,” the lawsuit alleges. The victim reportedly came forward after learning that Mund was allegedly using his “fraternity-honed tactics” to exploit women at local bars, the lawsuit reads.

“[The victim] never wanted to be known as ‘the girl who got raped.’ But for her fear that … Mund would strike again, Plaintiff might well have decided to keep her trauma a private matter,” the lawsuit says.

The filing also accuses Monmouth University of knowing that Mund posed a danger to female students, alleging that Mund left his previous college after facing separate allegations of sexual assault. It was not immediately clear which university the lawsuit was referencing, but LinkedIn records show he attended Manhattanville College from 2018 to 2019.

Mund, of Bergen County, graduated from Westwood Regional High School in 2018, NJ101.5 first reported. He’s currently employed as an associate district manager at ADP in New York City, per his LinkedIn page.

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages, adding that Monmouth University should forbid non-sanctioned Greek life, amend its student code of conduct to forbid Greek life recruitment for unrecognized chapters, employ a zero-tolerance ban on date rape drugs and conduct “reasonable” investigations into the disciplinary and/or criminal records of transfer students.

Criminal charges were filed last June against Mund after a Monmouth County grand jury indicted him on a sex assault charge. The case is currently pending in court.