Kenneth Starr claims he was unaware of Baylor sex assault cases before fall 2015

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Kenneth Starr claims he was unaware of Baylor sex assault cases before fall 2015

Former university president ‘agreed in principle’ with demotion to
chancellor but maintains investigation on football players right after
he learned allegations

Alan Yuhas in New York
Friday 27 May 2016 17.05 BST

Kenneth Starr, the Baylor University president demoted on Thursday for mishandling reports of sexual assaults by football players, has claimed he knew of no such allegations until last fall, even though at least one case reached court as long ago as 2014.

Starr – best known for his years investigating Bill and Hillary Clinton in the 1990s – said in a statement released on Thursday that he “agreed in principle” with the university board’s decision to transfer him to the position of chancellor.

“I applaud the board for its transparency,” he said. “It must be known, however, that I was not privy to any of the allegations regarding interpersonal violence until the fall of 2015, at which time I immediately launched an internal investigation.”

An investigation by an independent law firm found that leaders of the Baptist university in Waco, Texas, had “created a cultural perception that football was above the rules”.

The board released a summary of the report, which said football staff ran “untrained” investigations and “improperly discredited” claims. Overall, the report said, administrators showed a “fundamental failure” to investigate claims, and at least once actively discouraged an accuser from making claims.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/27/kenneth-starr-baylor-university-sexual-assault-reports

[kairos12]

1. Appoint a Special Prosecutor. Can't trust his words.

[Tal Vez]

2. I'm sure Starr knew what was going on.

Back in the nineties, everyone tagged him as a panty-sniffer. His report to the Congress on Clinton "and he touched her breasts between 12 and 19 times on that day" was hilarious to read.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. The Guy does not have a clue.

[LiberalEsto]

4. Considering he had SUCH interest in other people's sex lives in the past...

[Fairgo]

5. One could get irony poisoning

[mythology]

6. So his best case scenario is that he employed people who didn't think rape mattered

Of course if I found out somebody who worked for me was convicted of multiple rapes, I'd like to think I would have some questions for those around him.

But really, given the number of sports (mostly men's sports) that have been found to have problems, you would think somebody would get proactive and try to get a handle on their dirty laundry before it becomes a big issue.

[TexasBushwhacker]

7. The good news is they canned the football coach too

He allowed an accused player to continue to play. He wasn't suspended for a single game.