ruh roh. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/witness-comes-forward-contradicting-sexual-200300608.html Say it for me.
Settled? I honestly would have several questions for this "witness." WHERE IN THE HELL were you 20 years ago, for one thing.
All you need to know about this case is that the woman sued two other rich entitities before, once for a massage that she claims hurt her, and once because she slipped In the parking lot. Anybody that slips in a parking lot and sues permantly loses credibility.
So, we have a University whose officials have no background in investigative procedures in cases of sexual assault (not harassment,) and it's your opinion they should be the ones investigating a criminal act versus law enforcement officials? That's the crux of the matter. It has nothing to do with whether or not they choose to report their victimization, it's the body that's doing the investigation in the first place. On a side note: This kind of thing is systemic with Tennessee. Manning, with his locker room dance ... handled by UT administration. Sexual assualt. At the same time UT was in the midst of an academic scandal which is part of SACS purview: UT administration stepping in and the professor "disappears." Tee Martin getting his car and insurance paid for ... a NCAA issue, where UT's administration steps in and now it's a "long standing relationship." Now, with Butch Jones, we're seeing the same thing. It is who they are ... just happens they're pretty good at it ...
There are no laws or requirements for a victim to report a crime to law enforcement. Because UT receives federal funding, they are under certain federal guidelines as it pertains to cases of sexual assault perpetrated by one student on another. UT is not acting as a law enforcement entity and they aren't adjudicating a prison sentence so they don't need to be investigating a complaint the way law enforcement would. Alleged victims are pursuing their civil rights by filing a complaint with the school and in accordance with civil cases, UT need only determine overall guilt as opposed to overall non-guilt, i.e. 51% likely to have happened based on victim testimony, physical evidence if there is any, and any parties who may have witnessed the incident. What those university officials do have as Title IX investigators is a plethora of experience in investigating sexual assault cases. That my also make them raging feminists but they aren't clueless tards. If it's true that UT did not address the multitude of complaints against it's athletes and de facto encouraged an atmosphere of sexual assault, exactly what law enforcement agency is going to pursue that issue? None. That's why victims here are pursuing their civil rights. I would always encourage an alleged victim in reporting a crime to the authorities. However, they shouldn't be forced to and federal law has protections in place allowing them to pursue a less public and less stressful process.
