The Baylor University sexual assault scandal concerned numerous sexual and non-sexual assaults by Baylor University students, mostly players on the school's football team, and efforts by school officials to conceal them, from about 2012 to 2016.[1]
Head football coach Art Briles was ousted, Baylor president Ken Starr was demoted and eventually resigned, athletic director Ian McCaw resigned, Title IX coordinator Patty Crawford resigned, and two others connected with the football program were fired in connection with the scandal.[2]
Tevin Elliot, a former Baylor linebacker, was sentenced on January 23, 2014, to 20 years in prison and fined US$10,000 for each of his two sexual assaults of a Baylor student in 2012. Sam Ukwuachu, a defensive end, was found guilty by a Texas court on August 21, 2015, of two counts of sexual assault of a Baylor student. That conviction was overturned, reinstated in 2018, and again reversed in July 2019. Jacob Anderson, 20-year-old Phi Delta Theta president, was charged with sexual assault on March 3, 2016, after a fraternity party.[3] Anderson pleaded no contest to a charge of unlawful restraint as part of a deal that included mandatory counseling, a $400 fine, and three years of probation.[4] Shawn Oakman, a former All-American defensive end, was tried for sexual assault of a female student[5] and found not guilty in February 2019.
In 2018, a plaintiff's attorney, Jim Dunnam, accused Baylor of implementing a ″concerted strategy to get the public to believe this is entirely and only a football-related problem."[6]
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- ^ Hoppa, Kristin (March 3, 2016). "Baylor fraternity president charged with sexual assault". WacoTrib.com. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ^ Wilson, Lea; Caldwell, Jasmin (December 11, 2018). "Former Baylor fraternity president gets no prison time in plea deal on rape charges". USA Today. Waco-Temple-College Station, Texas. KCEN-TV. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ "Woman who led Baylor sex assault investigation speaks out after resigning". CBS. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ^ Czarnecki, Sean (August 22, 2018). "Sources: Baylor used 'mole' to aid comms during sexual assault crisis". PR Week. Archived from the original on March 29, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022.