Last Updated: October 21, 2023, 03:30 IST
WACO, Texas: A U.S. District Judge has dismissed former Baylor soccer coach Art Briles and former athletic direcor Ian McCaw from a federal Title IX lawsuit, ruling no affordable jury might discover them negligent in the home violence assaults of a former Baylor scholar by a former Baylor soccer participant.
In his ruling Friday, Judge Robert Pitman additionally threw out gross negligence claims against the university. But he’ll enable the jury to determine if the university was negligent and violated Title IX gender discrimination necessities.
Attorneys for Briles and McCaw stated they have been happy.
“I am happy for Coach Briles. He did nothing wrong, and the things that people said he did he did not do,” Briles’ legal professional, Reid Simpson, stated.
Attorneys representing Baylor referred to as a psychology professor who evaluated Dolores Lozano, the lady suing the university, earlier than the decide recessed the jury for the weekend. Attorneys are set to provide last arguments when the trial enters its seventh day on Monday.
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