Independent report criticizes MU’s response to alleged sexual assault of swimmer Sasha Menu Courey
Source: Kansas City Star
The parents of former Missouri swimmer Sasha Menu Courey are satisfied with an independent counsel’s report released Friday that is critical of the university’s handling of their daughter’s alleged sexual assault.
“I’m finally relieved,” Sasha’s mother, Lynn Courey, said by phone from Toronto. “It’s been a very long three months. It really brought us back to three years ago when everything started with Sasha.”
Menu Courey sought on-campus treatment after an alleged sexual assault by members of the Missouri football team in February 2010, but the incident was not reported because of privacy laws. She committed suicide in June 2011 and the allegation became public in 2012 after her parents read about it posthumously in her journal.
Now, Lynn Courey and Mike Menu hope that Sasha’s legacy will strengthen resources available for sexual assault victims and help prevent similar tragedies.
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ESPN's investigative journalism show Outside the Lines revealed what happened to Menu Courey in January.
