GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A VIOLENT SEXUAL ASSAULT
POLICE SAY HAPPENED IN A U-W CAMPUS DORM LAST WEEK....
CHARLOTTE --
THE VICTIM TOLD POLICE UW-STUDENT ALEC SHIVA WAS ON
A HALLUCINOGENIC DRUG  AT THE TIME OF THE ASSAULT...
VELENA JONES HAS MORE FROM THE NEWS CENTER...
VELENA --
THE VICTIM TOLD POLICE 18-YEAR-OLD ALEX SHIVA BECAME
PARANOID AND AGITATED AFTER TAKING L-S-D.
AND SAID THE TWO KNEW EACHOTHER AND WERE TOGETHER
EARLIER IN THE EVENING BEFORE THIS ALL HAPPENED.
THE HALLUCINOGEN L-S-D ISN'T COMMONLY USED IN MADISON.
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SOT: WE REARELY SEE IT
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BUT POLICE SAY THAT'S WHAT 18-YEAR-OLD ALEC SHIVA
WAS USING WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A STUDENT
LAST THURSDAY.
COURT RECORDS SAY SHIVA AND THE VICTIM WERE AT A RALLY
ON BASCOM HILL.
WHEN SHIVA BECAME PARANOID AND MADE COMMENTS ABOUT
SOMEONE TYRING TO KILL HIM.
THE VICTIM SAYS SHE WALKED SHIVA  BACK TO SELLERY
HALL- TO MAKE SURE HE WAS OKAY.
THAT'S WHEN SHE SAYS HE ATTACKED HER, LOCKED THE DOOR
AND PINNED HER DOWN.
I'M GOING TO RAPE YOU NOW, IS THAT OKAY?
DOCTORS SAY PARANOIA AND VIOLENCE IS COMMON ON L-S-D.
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PEOPLE WILL DO THINGS THAT THEY WOULD NOT NORMALLY
CONSIDER.
HURTING OTHER PEOPLE, STEPPING OUT OF THEIR SOCIAL
NORMS AND BASICALLY COMMIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE 
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POLICE SAY THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO TEXT A MALE FRIEND
FOR HELP AND ESCAPE.
WHEN THE FRIEND ARRIVED, COURT RECORDS INDICATE HE
CONFRONTED SHIVA WHO BECAME VIOLENT.
THAT FRIEND.
WHO ALSO LIVES IN THE SAME DORM---TOLD POLICE SHIVA
TAKES L-S-D THREE TO FIVE TIMES A WEEK BUT SAID HE
HAS NEVER SEEN HIM HAVE THAT KIND OF REACTION.
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SHIVA IS SUSPENDED FROM THE UW CAMPUS.
ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS SHIVA SIGNED A SIGNATURE
BOND OF 3-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
HE IS FACING CHARGES OF SECOND DEGREE SEXUAL ASSAULT,
BATTERY, AND STRANGULATION AMONG OTHER CHARGES.
CHARLOTTE --
VELENA JONES REPORTING FROM THE NEWS CENTER TONIGHT,
THANK YOU.
