With the reports swirling Monday, Baylor donor Bob Simpson, whose name is on the school’s athletics and academics center and who was a regular at home football postgame press conferences, said he would welcome Briles’ return in a brief phone interview with our own Chuck Carlton.
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In another development, three women filed a Title IX lawsuit of their own over Baylor’s handling of the sexual assaults.
Cannon of Stephenville says in a letter included with the motion that as of May 26, when Briles was sacked, any lawyers who represent the school and Briles jointly in the federal civil rights suit filed by Jasmin Hernandez, “are legally, morally and ethically liable to Art Briles and responsible for damages under Texas statutory and common laws for breach of contract, fraud, libel and slander, misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress, among others”.
Briles is also asking a judge to assign him new attorneys and that he “does not wish to settle the case”.
Briles was sacked after the university-commissioned Pepper Hamilton “findings of fact” revealed improper handling of sexual assault allegations, especially those brought against Baylor football players. According to Briles’ petition, he met with Baylor attorneys on April 7 and they then turned around and used what he told them to justify his firing.
Former Baylor HC Art Briles is accusing the university of wrongful termination.
Briles said he still hasn’t seen the evidence the school used to make the decision on his status.
Hernandez has chosen to be identified as she is speaking publicly to draw attention to the situation.
The report said Baylor failed to properly respond to sexual assaults and it also led to the departure of athletic director Ian McCaw and the demotion of university president Kenneth Starr to chancellor.
The women claim they were victims of “student-on-student sexual assault and subsequent sex-based harassment”.
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Baylor attorneys last week told the court that the defendants were seeking a settlement with Hernandez.
