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complaint, Schindler accused Schwaner of stalking in filings at Vermont Superior Court in Rutland in July 2015. The court granted her petition for a protective order but dismissed it a couple of months later by mutual agreement. Schindler’s court affidavit and an attached statement that she made to Castleton Police Chief Peter Mantello during a May 2015 interview detail her complaint. Castleton University wellness coordinator Amy Bremel was present during the police interview, which ended with the police chief encouraging Schindler to apply for a protective order in court. Schindler did so and expressed fear that Schwaner might retaliate against her. “Due to his behavior I feel that he has crossed so many boundaries and is kind of obsessed with me. His behavior scares me and has caused me emotional distress,” Schindler wrote in a July 8, 2015, request for an order against stalking at Superior Court in Rutland. In response to the court, Schwaner and his lawyer said there was no stalking. “Both of these filings can have devastating effects on the defendant’s life and to a large degree could threaten the defendant’s reputation and ability to earn a livelihood,” Parisi wrote in a July 24, 2015, court document. He continued, saying that the allegations should not be taken lightly and could “destroy the defendant’s life as he knows it. The defendant denies and will continue to deny all” of the “specious allegations that are contained in the petition and the complaint that the plaintiff has filed with Castleton State College.” Schindler grew up in Thetford Center and graduated from Castleton on May 9, 2015. According to her version of events as per the court papers, she met Schwaner in August 2013, when she was a junior math major at Castleton. He was her academic adviser and professor and taught her six courses over the next 18 months. He asked frequently about her boyfriend, made numerous comments about her “ass” and told her that she was his “dream girl,” according to her account in court papers. He bought her presents, took her out for Chinese food, visited her off-campus
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