Results Of Baylor Investigation: We Need Another Investigation

Here’s the opening of the statement from Baylor President and Chancellor Ken Starr. Emphasis added is mine.

We must guarantee there is no room at Baylor University for those who would perpetrate sexual violence on our campus. I want to thank Jeremy Counseller, Professor of Law and Faculty Athletics Representative, for his judgment and guidance. After reviewing the results of his internal inquiry, I am recommending that our Board of Regents retain the services of outside counsel to investigate thoroughly these matters and recommend continued improvements. The Board plans to announce its selection of outside counsel early next week.

If you include the awful investigation Baylor did after the rape accusation first came to its attention, that makes this the third inquiry into what happened; Baylor itself never releases the actual findings. Before Sam Ukwuachu’s trial, the university refused to talk about what it had done. It was the work of McLennan County prosecutors that revealed the university’s lackadaisical work that helped clear Ukwuachu—who could have returned to football if not for a jury finding him guilty.

This time around is no different. Baylor has done an investigation, and it won’t say what has been found. The findings weren’t included with the press release. I wrote back to their spokeswoman asking for a copy of the findings, and didn’t hear back. The Waco Tribune-Herald called and left messages for the professor who did the investigation, Jeremy Counseller, and Starr; neither called back.

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