AUSTIN, Texas -- Former Baylor football coach Art Briles sued three school
regents and a vice president for libel and slander Thursday, accusing them of
falsely stating he knew of reported assaults and alleged gang rapes by players
and didnt report them.
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lawsuit also asserts that Baylor officials conspired to damage his reputation
and keep him from getting another coaching job. The lawsuit additionally seeks
damages for emotional distress and likely ending his career as a coach on any
level.Some people think themselves above the law, but the laws of Texas
establish accountability for everyone, even renegade, self-dealing regents of a
Christian university, Briles lawsuit states.The lawsuit was filed in Llano
County in central Texas. It names Baylor regents Chairman Ronald Murff, board
members J. Cary Gray and David Harper, and Baylor Senior Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer Reagan Ramsower.Briles attorney, Ernest Cannon, and
Baylor officials didnt immediately respond to a request for comment from ESPN.Id
like to hear these regents and Mr. Ramsower tell their story under oath in broad
daylight and open court, Cannon told The Associated Press.Briles was fired last
May after an investigation determined Baylor mishandled reports of alleged
sexual and physical assaults, some by football players.?The lawsuit accuses the
regents and Ramsower of spreading false information through media interviews
with Texas and national outlets on the advice of a recently hired media
relations firm, G.F. Bunting + Co., which was not named as a defendant.Regents
first told The Wall Street Journal in October that 17 women had reported
domestic violence or sexual assaults that involved 19 football players since
2011, including four gang rapes.Those figures had never been disclosed to Briles
when he was fired or during his settlement after he sued for wrongful
termination, according to Briles lawsuit.Briles argues that releasing those
figures was intended to falsely portray him as hiding knowledge of alleged
attacks. Allegations that he knew about and failed to report the alleged attacks
are false and were created to expose Coach Briles to public hatred, contempt,
ridicule and cause him financial injury, the lawsuit says.The allegations have
prevented Briles, who had built Baylor into a Big 12 and national power, from
getting another coaching job, the lawsuit states.These defendants have been
relentless in their false attacks upon Coach Briles in the media despite his
repeated requests they cease and retract their onslaught of untruths, the
lawsuit said.Briles name has been rumored for several jobs, but he has not
received an offer. Earlier this week, his name surfaced as a candidate for the
vacancy at Houston, but school officials there put out a statement that he would
not be interviewed.Briles lawsuit is the latest development in a scandal that
has rocked the nations largest Baptist university.An investigation by the law
firm Pepper Hamilton earlier this year found that the school mishandled assault
claims for years. Briles was fired, school president Ken Starr was demoted and
eventually left, and athletic director Ian McCaw resigned. McCaw was recently
hired as AD at Liberty University in Virginia.The school is facing several
federal lawsuits by women who say the university ignored or tried to suppress
its claims of sexual and physical assault.Several of Baylors most prominent
financial donors, including Drayton McLane and John Eddie Williams, whose names
adorn Baylors new $266 million football stadium and field, respectively, have
questioned the integrity of the Pepper Hamilton report and the actions of the
board of regents. McLane has said he wants to see Briles honor restored.The
Briles lawsuit notes the Pepper Hamilton report said the university failed to
set up proper investigation procedures. Regents are now trying to hide their
failures by scapegoating Briles, the lawsuit says.By their actions, the [Baylor
officials] are allowing the alleged rapists and assaulters to walk free, thereby
confirming that they are more interested in ruining Coach Briles name,
reputation and career than they are bringing criminals to justice, the lawsuit
says.Information from ESPNs Mark Schlabach and The Associated Press was used in
this report.
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