Two days before his firing, Art Briles was called before the regents to discuss the scandal, Gray said. “Art said, ‘I delegated down, and I know I shouldn’t have. And I had a system where I was the last to know (of the assault allegations), and I should have been the first to know,'” Gray told the newspaper.
An outside investigation of the Baylor University sexual violence scandal found 17 women who had reported sexual or domestic assaults involving 19 Baylor University athletes since 2011, university regents have told The Wall Street Journal. Those included four reports of gang rapes, the Journal reported in a story posted to its website Friday. The investigation by the Pepper Hamilton law firm in Philadelphia found some players were alleged to have participated in what one regent called a “horrifying and painful” series of assaults over several years.
Earlier this month, Patty Crawford, Baylor’s former Title IX coordinator, resigned and said top campus leaders undermined her efforts to investigate sexual assault claims and were more concerned with protecting the Baylor “brand” than the students. Is this a revelation to anyone? Isn’t that the way, all the way back to Jerry Sandusky? It’s always about the big picture, not the one or two that suffer such emotional and physical horror. What kind of people are at these universities to just abuse those weaker and helpless. What a sin, I hope those that turned an eye to this are dealt with in a severe way up to and including losing all financial obligations. What do you think?