It seems that Baylor could be under fire again after ESPN's Outside the Lines criticized the school's handling of past alleged sexual assaults. Baylor's Title IX coordinator told OTL the school has hired an independent consultant to examine how it dealt with past sexual assault investigations.
OTL's Paula Lavigne tells the story of a female student, Tanya, who was sexually assaulted by former Bears football player Tevin Elliott. Elliott was eventually sentenced to 20 years in prison. Baylor's campus police declined to help Tanya since the assault happened off school grounds, while the university's health center suggested she seek counseling from an off-campus facility because the center was so busy.
Lavigne says this not an isolated incident and that school officials either failed to investigate, or adequately investigate, allegations of sexual violence and in many cases, officials did not provide support to those who reported assaults. This sounds like some inexcusable behavior by Baylor and even more serious questions arose after the school's handling of Sam Ukwuachu's case in 2015.
