Federal judge allows new lawsuit against Baylor, Briles, McCaw, Waco PD
U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman has opened the door for new litigation against Baylor University, as well as former head football coach Art Briles and former athletics director Ian McCaw, in connection with the Baylor sexual assault scandal.
Pitman on Tuesday agreed to allow Dolores Lozano, a former Baylor student, to file a new Title IX complaint alleging the university failed to respond when she accused a football player of physical abuse.
She had made similar allegations in an October 2016 suit, but last September, Pitman dismissed most of those claims, which involved negligence and gross negligence. He had signaled at the time that she could file other non-Title IX complaints regarding the school’s hiring, training, retention and supervision practices. But with the backing of new attorneys, Lozano persuaded Pitman to allow a new lawsuit alleging Title IX failures by Baylor and negligence of Baylor, Briles and McCaw in the handling of the case.
Lozano claims that Baylor player Devin Chafin, who was then her boyfriend, threatened her, slapped her, kicked her and slammed her against the wall. She alleges that he strangled her until she began to lose consciousness. She has alleged three separate assaults between March and April of 2014 and shared photos of her bruises.
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