LSU Board Must Defend Claim Over Alleged Rape by Quarterback

Jan. 3, 2024, 6:43 PM UTC

Louisiana State University’s Board of Supervisors failed to shake off a sex discrimination claim stemming from a student’s alleged sexual assault by a quarterback for the school’s football team.

Plaintiff Corinn Hovis is one of 10 former students of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, who alleged that LSU and its athletic department funded and supported a “purposefully deficient sexual misconduct and Title IX reporting scheme separate from LSU’s official Title IX office to keep sexual assault claims within the Athletic Department.”

In response to the LSU board’s motion for summary judgment concerning Hovis’ deliberate indifference and heightened ...

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