Ian Cleary Extradited for 2013 Campus Assault

Ian Cleary, a 31-year-old from Saratoga, California, has been extradited from France to the United States to face charges for sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student, Shannon Keeler, in 2013. This extradition follows a three-year international search and a 2021 felony warrant issued by Pennsylvania authorities, prompted by Keeler's discovery of incriminating Facebook messages from Cleary, including 'So I raped you.' Cleary was detained in April in Metz, France, and a French appeals court ruled in July that he could be extradited. Keeler, who has pursued justice for over a decade, expressed renewed faith in the legal system following Cleary's arrest and extradition. The case underscores the broader issue of under-prosecution of campus sexual assaults in the U.S.