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Baylor report: Art Briles failed to alert police of alleged assault
Source: ESPN
Baylor report: Art Briles failed to alert police of alleged assault
ESPN.com news services
5:56 PM EDT
A law firm hired by Baylor University to investigate the school's handling of sexual assault and violence cases involving athletes determined that 17 women since 2011 reported incidents of sexual and domestic violence involving 19 football players, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday afternoon. Four of the cases involved alleged gang rapes.
In May, Philadelphia-based law firm Pepper Hamilton released a scathing report about Baylor's handling of sexual assault allegations. That report led to the demotion and then resignation of former university president and chancellor Kenneth Starr; the firing of football coach Art Briles; the suspension and then resignation of athletic director Ian McCaw; and the firings of multiple athletic department employees.
The Journal on Friday quoted Baylor regents who detailed, for the first time, some of the Pepper Hamilton findings. According to the regents, in at least one case, Briles "knew about an alleged incident and didn't alert police, the school's judicial-affairs staff or the Title IX office in charge of coordinating the school's response to sexual violence."
J. Cary Gray, a Dallas lawyer and member of the Baylor board of regents, told the Journal "There was a cultural issue there that was putting winning football games above everything else, including our values. ... We did not have a caring community when it came to these women who reported that they were assaulted. And that is not OK."
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ESPN.com news services
5:56 PM EDT
A law firm hired by Baylor University to investigate the school's handling of sexual assault and violence cases involving athletes determined that 17 women since 2011 reported incidents of sexual and domestic violence involving 19 football players, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday afternoon. Four of the cases involved alleged gang rapes.
In May, Philadelphia-based law firm Pepper Hamilton released a scathing report about Baylor's handling of sexual assault allegations. That report led to the demotion and then resignation of former university president and chancellor Kenneth Starr; the firing of football coach Art Briles; the suspension and then resignation of athletic director Ian McCaw; and the firings of multiple athletic department employees.
The Journal on Friday quoted Baylor regents who detailed, for the first time, some of the Pepper Hamilton findings. According to the regents, in at least one case, Briles "knew about an alleged incident and didn't alert police, the school's judicial-affairs staff or the Title IX office in charge of coordinating the school's response to sexual violence."
J. Cary Gray, a Dallas lawyer and member of the Baylor board of regents, told the Journal "There was a cultural issue there that was putting winning football games above everything else, including our values. ... We did not have a caring community when it came to these women who reported that they were assaulted. And that is not OK."
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Read more: http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/17912838/investigation-baylor-university-said-art-briles-failed-alert-police-allegations
Related: Baylor Details ‘Horrifying’ Alleged Sexual Assaults by Football Players (Wall Street Journal)