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Make this a new thread, please.

USA Today has a fuller account of the complaint:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/co...766400002/

Notably, the complaint alleges that Meyer spilled coffee on Stanford football player accused of sexual assault.

The article implies—or, rather, gives space for a Stanford spokeswoman to imply — that the football player was accused of kissing a Stanford soccer player without permission.

The lawsuit says Stanford failed to initiate any meaningful Title IX or OCS disciplinary process for the football player even though the school was required to dismiss the player from the team under its own policies pledging zero tolerance for sexual violence.

Mostofi also addressed a matter involving a Stanford football player, though she did not confirm it was the player involved in the disciplinary charge against Meyer. The Stanford spokesperson said the "allegation that Stanford failed to address a claim that a football player kissed one of Katie’s soccer teammates without her permission is inaccurate.  

Anyway, the football player isn’t being sued, with the legal claims arising from how the university treated Meyer in its investigation of her behavior and most specifically—but not exclusively— the way it notified her that she faced a disciplinary hearing.

My own take is that there probably aren’t universal best practices for this sort of notification, so that part of the case would be a serious uphill battle.

[needle]

Make this a new thread, please.

USA Today has a fuller account of the complaint:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/co...766400002/

Notably, the complaint alleges that Meyer spilled coffee on Stanford football player accused of sexual assault.

The article implies—or, rather, gives space for a Stanford spokeswoman to imply — that the football player was accused of kissing a Stanford soccer player without permission.

The lawsuit says Stanford failed to initiate any meaningful Title IX or OCS disciplinary process for the football player even though the school was required to dismiss the player from the team under its own policies pledging zero tolerance for sexual violence.

Mostofi also addressed a matter involving a Stanford football player, though she did not confirm it was the player involved in the disciplinary charge against Meyer. The Stanford spokesperson said the "allegation that Stanford failed to address a claim that a football player kissed one of Katie’s soccer teammates without her permission is inaccurate.  

Anyway, the football player isn’t being sued, with the legal claims arising from how the university treated Meyer in its investigation of her behavior and most specifically—but not exclusively— the way it notified her that she faced a disciplinary hearing.

My own take is that there probably aren’t universal best practices for this sort of notification, so that part of the case would be a serious uphill battle.