An Austin federal judge has ordered Baylor University to turn over to 10 female plaintiffs suing the school materials related to a Pepper Hamilton investigation that concluded that its administrators failed to protect women from sexual assault.
Baylor University hired the Philadelphia law firm in 2015 to conduct an independent investigation in the wake of a scandal in which numerous women alleged they had been sexually assaulted by members of the school’s football team. The firm’s investigation concluded that university officials had not done enough to stop rape on campus, prompting Baylor’s Board of Regents to fire head football coach Art Briles and demote Baylor Chancellor Ken Starr, who later resigned from the school.
