I am beginning to think that the Pepper & Hamilton report, was purposely designed to be an oral report, thus avoiding a written report. Pepper Hamilton has probably already “Hillaried” their findings.
How much money does Uncle Drayton have because I have a feeling more and more of these type of issues are going to come to the forefront: Interesting strategy to find out what was in the Pepper Hamilton report:
Say hello to the new boss…same as the old boss…
Editorial: Baylor’s insinuation that feds forbade releasing report just the latest misstep
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20160727-editorial-baylor-s-false-claim-that-feds-forbade-releasing-report-just-the-latest-misstep.ece
Reporter: “So the federal government discouraged that?”
Garland: “They didn’t discourage it, they forbade it.”
_Education Department Press Secretary Dorie Nolt made clear to us this week that the UVA letter only concerned UVA. Her precise statement: _
“The letter the department sent to the University of Virginia is specific to that institution and those facts, and it was based on the personally identifiable information contained in UVA’s report. The Department’s Family Policy Compliance Office has not been asked to review the facts in the Baylor case.”
Earlier in the Tribune-Herald interview, the reporter asked why the school has not been added to the almost 200 universities under investigation by the Education Department.
Garland said, "To be honest with you, the fact that regents hired Pepper Hamilton – I was talking with [Pepper Hamilton attorney] Gina [Smith] yesterday and she guaranteed me that, because they’re so well known to [the Office of Civil Rights] we are going to be protected just because we hired them."
Really? (Smith told us late Wednesday that she made no such statement.)
When we asked Nolt why Baylor isn’t on the list, she told us this:
“We understand from news reports that Baylor leaders have taken steps to satisfy Title IX. The Department will not hesitate to investigate if necessary and if we receive a complaint within our jurisdiction.”
Editorial: Regents must open up for Baylor to thrive once again
https://www.baptiststandard.com/opinion/editorial/19341-editorial-regents-must-open-up-for-baylor-to-thrive-once-again#.V5n6NWBYfjg.twitter
And so demanding transparency and accountability from the regents is not a sign of disloyalty or disaffection. It’s a plea for Baylor to respond with integrity, humility and openness to this dark moment so that it can pursue its highest aspirations.
Uh helping Baylor get their stuff in order:
Baylor boosting counseling staff, training amid sexual assault scandal
Marsh said Baylor will soon reach a 1:800 ratio of counselors to students. In recent years, it was 1:1,660, and in 1999, it was 1:4,500, he said.
Baylor’s counseling center is also consulting with professionals at other universities, including Cornell University and the University of Houston, Marsh said.
Sorry James Franklin, but obviously nothing will change at Baylor; there might be new policies(no one will follow them), but they won’t follow procedures or have new people that actually do anything.
Oof…this is the kind of stuff that the Big 12 may be wary of when considering BYU which has a history of doing the same exact thing.
Baylor’s strict conduct code may have silenced rape victims
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/637603d2ff6341e39161726ceb66aaa6/baylors-strict-conduct-code-may-have-silenced-rape-victims
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They need an amnesty policy in cases like this.
https://twitter.com/ben_baby/status/760500320900440064
Similar universities have policies restricting access to assistants. Last year, media were allowed to request interviews with Baylor assistants through the athletic department.
The policy change comes at a time when “football coaches and staff” were repeatedly mentioned in a third-party investigation describing Baylor’s failure to handle sexual assault cases. Since that report was released in May, none of the assistants have officially spoken to the media.
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Baylor won’t let media speak to assistant coaches this season
http://footballscoop.com/news/baylor-wont-let-media-speak-assistant-coaches-season/
Those who participated in the cover-up Pepper Hamilton found and the Baylor regents found compelling enough to jettison its top three employees should never work in college football again. That they should leave Baylor after this season without facing a single question from the media doesn’t feel right.
But those who had no knowledge and did nothing wrong deserve a chance to clear their names and pursue work with a clean slate following this season. That they don’t have a chance to stand up for themselves and their professional futures doesn’t feel right, either.
But Baylor has made sure we have no idea which assistant coaches belong in either group. And we probably never will.
Baylor all over the news again today as another player is arrested for felony stalking:
Baylor OL Rami Hammad accused of stalking former girlfriend
Baylor offensive lineman Rami Hammad is facing felony stalking charges after his former girlfriend reported several instances in which he tracked her down, harassed her and twice physically assaulted her, including once at Baylor’s athletic facilities on campus.
On July 7, the former girlfriend noticed Hammad waiting for her after class. She asked for help from the professor, who took the woman into her office, and Hammad “began continually knocking on the door,” according to the arrest affidavit. The professor first tried to call Hammad’s coaches, but when no one in the athletic department was available, she placed a call to Baylor police.
Baylor Offensive Lineman Arrested For Allegedly Stalking Ex-Girlfriend
_Hammad, a junior, played all 13 games last season, and was expected to start at right guard this season. Baylor told the Tribune that he was suspended from team activities until the resolution of his case. _
Two weeks ago new Baylor football head coach Jim Grobe said that Baylor didn’t have a “culture of bad behavior,” while the new Baylor athletic director said that he would make sure program was clean because he had daughters. This weekend the Associated Press reported that Baylor systematically discouraged women from reporting rapes and sexual assaults by threatening to punish them for drinking.
Baylor football player arrested on stalking charge
After unsuccessful calls to Baylor athletics, the professor and student decided to call police, saying they feared for their safety, according to the affidavit.
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Story in regards to Sam Ukwuachu’s case from the District Attorney’s that prosecuted it:
Pushing past red tape, getting to the truth
http://www.tdcaa.com/journal/pushing-past-red-tape-getting-truth
When a file about a sexual assault on Baylor University’s campus landed on McLennan County prosecutors’ desks, they found themselves stymied by heaps of paperwork, lying witnesses, and denials at every turn in their search for justice. But they persevered.
And the quest for a report continues. Some interesting items in this article:
DA seeking to determine what Pepper Hamilton investigation into Baylor found
- Sources told ESPN that the DA’s office has relayed an informal request to Baylor officials for access to the information from the Pepper Hamilton investigation. The DA’s office is seeking to determine if the findings contain evidence of additional crimes by student-athletes, sources said.
Prosecutors also want to know if there is evidence of criminal conduct by Baylor coaches, faculty or staff in connection with sexual assaults by students.
- According to multiple sources, the regents were told not to take written notes and the presentation by Smith and Gomez wasn’t included in the meeting’s minutes. Under the advice of legal counsel, Baylor officials wanted to eliminate any sort of paper trail, while controlling what was revealed to the public, according to sources.
- According to people familiar with the investigation, Baylor officials didn’t want possession of written work so they could dodge subpoena requests from victims’ attorneys and law enforcement, or requests from regulators, such as the NCAA and U.S. Department of Education. (As a private institution, Baylor is not subject to state open-records laws.) But that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of people seeking a complete accounting of Pepper Hamilton’s findings.
- Last month, Baylor officials negotiated a financial settlement with Briles, paying him between $15 million and $20 million, according to people familiar with the settlement. The university worked quickly to pay off Briles to prevent him from testifying in pending federal Title IX lawsuits filed by sexual assault victims, the sources said. NCAA rules might prevent him from returning immediately to a college sideline, but he could coach elsewhere.
- Sources familiar with the cases say Baylor could be on the hook for as much as $30 million to settle individual claims with the women suing the school. In addition to the three Title IX lawsuits that have already been filed, at least two more cases involving Baylor football players could be filed in the near future. Attorneys representing the eight women who have already filed indicated that Baylor officials are aggressively trying to settle the claims to avoid embarrassing depositions and exposure in court cases.
- So far, the NCAA has not said whether it’s investigating Baylor after the school announced in May that it had self-reported violations related to its sexual-assault scandal. Garland said school officials met with the NCAA regarding possible violations in May but said he hasn’t heard from the NCAA since then. Sources familiar with the case say that Baylor might be disciplined by the NCAA for providing its football players with free or discounted legal services when they ran afoul of the law.
So things have changed at Baylor?..
Baylor player arrested Monday faced prior sexual assault claim
Can Art Briles, like some have done, revive his blemished career?
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“People who know me were stunned by what had happened,” Bliss said. “Baylor didn’t put any pressure on me to cheat. But what happens is the competitiveness in coaches. If you’re feeding the dragon, you’ve got to do things above and beyond. It’s compelled by the stature of your job, the litany of things that are done now. They are so intent upon maintaining their job that they will do as I did. They will compromise their spirit.”
Baylor, Briles file motions to dismiss Title IX lawsuit
The motions to dismiss claim an individual school employee cannot be sued under Title IX and that the statute of limitations has passed for Hernandez to file suit. Documents also claim a university can’t be held liable for criminal acts perpetrated by students against other students off campus.
What scumbags…
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Not on sidelines, Art Briles looks to ‘redefine’ himself
Briles said he will have more of a chance to explain his version of what transpired at Baylor but he has learned lessons.
“I’m just going to make sure that I have policies in place that are protective of everybody, students first and foremost and then administrators, coaches,” Briles said. “I don’t know. I’ve always been grateful for every chance I’ve been given to coach, so that’s never been an issue. But coming out now and being on the field, it surely makes you appreciate it even more because, it’s hard. … It’s an honor and privilege to be in the game.”