An extra helping of irony for the sex-obsessed former Special Prosecutor. TPM:
Baylor University’s board of regents announced Thursday that Ken Starr would be removed as president and transition to the role of chancellor at the Texas university.
The board also suspended the school’s football coach, Art Briles, with the “intent to terminate” his contract, over the way school officials handled numerous claims from female students that members of the football team had committed sexual assault.
“We were horrified by the extent of these acts of sexual violence on our campus. This investigation revealed the University’s mishandling of reports in what should have been a supportive, responsive and caring environment for students,” Richard Willis, chair of the Baylor Board of Regents, said in a statement. “The depth to which these acts occurred shocked and outraged us. Our students and their families deserve more, and we have committed our full attention to improving our processes, establishing accountability and ensuring appropriate actions are taken to support former, current and future students.”
In the statement about the removal of Starr and Briles, the board of regents summarized findings from an outside investigation into the how university officials handled claims of sexual assault. The school had been accused of failing to address claims made by at least six female students that members of the football team had committed sexual assault between 2009 and 2016.
But it almost feels like Starr’s role is muting what should be a really big story. “Numerous claims” of sexual assault?
A lot of the story was reported by ESPN, and maybe it is confined to sports media. But it seems like this has been a big story for much of this year, and into last fall.
Starr will stay on as a professor at Baylor’s law school “and has agreed in principle to serve as Chancellor on terms that are still being discussed,” according to a press release from the university.
…that he has made comments expressing some regret over how he handled the Clinton investigation.
But only a Texas school would keep him on in any capacity.