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per Dey:
The Minnesota controversy was big news in 2015 because Black players on the team, concerned over the investigation, threatened to boycott the postseason Holiday Bowl game.
The boycott was averted after players were persuaded that the accused would get a fair hearing that they now clearly believe they did not receive.
Even calling them “accused” is a misnomer, because the state’s attorney who reviewed the case did not file any criminal charges.
Afterward, university officials launched an investigation into violations of the student code of conduct.
The details are obscured by multiple conflicting witness accounts and, most probably, alcohol that left the female accuser with a “hazy” recollection of events.
In his opinion, Justice James Loken wrote that on Sept. 2, 2016, football players and a Minnesota football recruit “engaged in consensual sex with Jane,” a Gophers cheerleader.
The next day, Jane (all the participants’ names are shielded by the appellation “Doe”) told police a group of players had sexually assaulted her. Later, she revised her statement to say she had voluntarily had sex with the recruit and another player.
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Go Gophers!!
The Minnesota controversy was big news in 2015 because Black players on the team, concerned over the investigation, threatened to boycott the postseason Holiday Bowl game.
The boycott was averted after players were persuaded that the accused would get a fair hearing that they now clearly believe they did not receive.
Even calling them “accused” is a misnomer, because the state’s attorney who reviewed the case did not file any criminal charges.
Afterward, university officials launched an investigation into violations of the student code of conduct.
The details are obscured by multiple conflicting witness accounts and, most probably, alcohol that left the female accuser with a “hazy” recollection of events.
In his opinion, Justice James Loken wrote that on Sept. 2, 2016, football players and a Minnesota football recruit “engaged in consensual sex with Jane,” a Gophers cheerleader.
The next day, Jane (all the participants’ names are shielded by the appellation “Doe”) told police a group of players had sexually assaulted her. Later, she revised her statement to say she had voluntarily had sex with the recruit and another player.
Jim Dey | Minnesota's mess could be instructive to others
Colleges and universities put themselves at considerable risk when they send an amateur to do a professional’s job of investigating alleged criminal activity.
Go Gophers!!