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July 11, 2019 at 2:55 pm
By The Associated Press
WACO, Texas (AP) A Texas appeals court has overturned for a second time the sexual assault conviction of a former Baylor University football player whose case ignited a scandal that rocked the nations largest Baptist school.
The Dallas-based 10th Court of Appeals ordered a new trial for Sam Ukwuachu. It said prosecutors improperly used phone records in cross-examination interviews that hadnt been submitted into evidence. The court said that created a false impression for the jury about witness testimony and violated Ukwuachus rights.
The same court had previously tossed Ukwuachus 2015 conviction, but it was reinstated by the states highest criminal appeals court last year ...
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/college/former-baylor-players-sex-assault-conviction-overturned/
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(57,097 posts)wanting to admit sex crime is a problem on its campus. Then mixed with 'football'.
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(81,513 posts)Ken Starr says he hosted fundraiser at his home for ex-Baylor player's rape defense
By Associated Press
Mar 13, 2019 | 2:45 PM | WACO, Texas
Former Baylor University President Ken Starr said Tuesday that he raised money on behalf of a former Baylor football player who was recently acquitted of sexual assault.
Starr told the Waco Tribune-Herald that he hosted a fundraiser at his home for the legal defense fund of Shawn Oakman, a former star defensive end for the Bears who was acquitted of rape last month. Starr says he couldn't remember when the gathering was held. Oakman, now 26, has said he wants to enter the NFL.
Starr was fired as Baylor's president in 2016, after an outside investigation determined there was a "fundamental failure" in the way the school responded to sexual assault allegations. Two other football players at the time were convicted of sexual assault: Tevin Elliott in 2014 and Sam Ukwuachu in 2015.
The scandal surrounding the football team resulted in the firing in 2016 of then-football coach Art Briles and the resignation of Athletic Director Ian McCaw. The university since then has settled several lawsuits from women who said their allegations of sexual assault by football players were mishandled or ignored. Baylor officials settled a federal lawsuit last year involving a former volleyball player who said she was drugged and gang raped by members of the football team in 2012. A former Baylor student accused of raping a woman at a fraternity party was granted a plea deal in December that let him avoid serving jail time.