MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
Introduction
The issue presented, novel for this jurisdiction, is whether plaintiff, an alleged rape victim, may introduce expert testimony that she suffers from "post-traumatic stress disorder" (PTSD) to prove that a rape actually occurred. The Court holds that such testimony is inadmissible because (i) evidence of PTSD is not a scientifically reliable means of proving that a rape occurred, and...
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