Rex Wu testifies at a Montana Board of Regents meeting in 2023. (Screenshot of video testimony)

A man who recently admitted to making hoax death threats on the campus of Montana’s largest university has been sued in federal court by two former Montana State University students for his part in orchestrating the hoax by framing them and allegedly destroying their reputations.

In a lawsuit filed in federal court that reads more like a mystery novel than court brief, an attorney laid out the details of a conspiracy, alleging former student Rex Wu orchestrated hoax death threats and violent racially charged messages against his friend, Alexandra Lin. Both used the incidents to push them toward victory in student elections, the lawsuit says, while destroying the reputations of two other studen

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