Yet Another Lawsuit Says Baylor Officials Did Nothing After Report Of A Gang Rape By Football Players

A lawsuit filed today by a former Baylor volleyball player says the former Baylor athlete was “brutally gang raped by at least four and, according to some reports, as many as eight, Baylor football players.” According to the Waco Herald-Tribune, it is the seventh Title IX lawsuit filed against the historically Baptist…

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Baylor Hires Linda Livingstone As Its President 

Baylor University has hired Linda Livingstone as its first woman president, the school announced today. The move comes amid several lawsuits against the university over its mishandling of sexual assault cases on campus, which included downplaying women’s allegations, failing to properly report accusations, and making…

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Baylor Files Motion To Dismiss Lawsuit Claiming 52 Rapes By Football Players In Four Years

Lawyers for Baylor University filed yesterday a motion to dismiss the Title IX lawsuit that said no less than 31 football players committed 52 rapes between 2011 and 2014, under then-head coach Art Briles. The motion, filed in U.S. District Court in Texas, claims that “as a general rule, universities do not have a…

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Baylor President Says The University Has Done Its Christian Duty

Baylor president David Garland spoke to the Chronicle of Higher Education about his school’s ongoing sexual assault scandal. It feels like every week there is a new development that makes Baylor look somehow worse than it already did, but Garland just can’t seem to understand why folks haven’t moved on already.

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Art Briles Writes Letter Explaining How He's A Great Guy Who Didn't Do Anything Wrong

Former Baylor head football coach Art Briles, who presided over a football program that remains mired in one of the biggest sexual-assault scandals in sports history, is still very upset that people want to place any blame on him for the fact that his players allegedly committed 52 rapes over the course of four years.…

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