The newspaper contacted Pamela Jordan, president of Idyllwild Arts Foundation, asking the status of the investigation that resulted from allegations made in a student demands letter.

Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) students staged a protest regarding allegations of sexual assault, predatory behavior and racism before the end of the 2020/21 school year. The list of demands and allegations presented in the letter was read at the protest. According to Jordan, about 120 students participated in the protest outside of the academic administration building on campus. The student demands letter had been published on social media.

The newspaper published the story about the protest and the letter April 22.

“We, in partnership with an outside law firm, are looking into any clear complaints of misconduct that have been raised,” Jordan wrote. “We cannot share specific details of those investigations at this time, but we will follow our established procedures for handling these matters.

“We cannot reveal the name of the law firm at this time. We can confirm, however, that it is a highly respected outside law firm experienced in precisely handling these types of situations whose primary goal is to use impartial fact-finding to learn the objective truth.

“Hiring an outside law firm to manage this process is the surest way possible to extend our support to anyone who comes forward, as well as to anyone who has been accused — to ensure the facts come to light.”