![]() It's way too in-depth for something I would write."īriles said he might not be very aware of minor infractions by his players but that he would have been aware of any felony-level incident or major allegations. "I would assume one of the academic advisors wrote this on Devin's behalf and had me sign it. "I think this is about some academic issues," Briles said. Fortenberry also presented him with a letter - with Briles' signature - to the NCAA appealing an eligibility decision for Chafin. He also said he wasn't familiar with his 2017 defamation lawsuit against three members of the board of regents, saying he "had a lawyer" and at one point he asked an attorney for Lozano, Zeke Fortenberry, "Did the suit go through?" to which Fortenberry responded, "You dismissed it."Īs for Chafin, Briles said he hadn't been aware of Chafin's driving under the influence arrest in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 2012, for which strength and conditioning coach Kaz Kazadi had Chafin do extra workouts. When Lozano's attorney started to question him on something in his 2014 book, "Beating Goliath," which is written in first-person, Briles said he didn't know because he hadn't read the book. He said he had "no awareness" of Title IX when he started at Baylor in 2007 and didn't receive any Title IX training until fall 2014. Lozano's is the only lawsuit from that time to make it to trial, and it is unique in that it names McCaw and Briles as individual defendants.ĭuring testimony, when it came to football facts, Briles rattled off details with precision, even checking an attorney when he said Baylor won the Big 12 championship in 2014 by noting the Bears had actually shared that title with TCU.īut for much of his testimony, Briles pleaded ignorance. The findings highlighted specific issues with the football program and led to the firing of Briles, suspension and eventual resignation of McCaw and demotion of former president Ken Starr, who died in 2022. Multiple Baylor women have filed complaints and lawsuits against Baylor stemming from the school's overall failures to address reports of sexual violence and the 2016 findings by law firm Pepper Hamilton that found problems in multiple university departments. ![]() Lozano alleges that the university's overall failure to implement Title IX and address sexual violence put her at risk for assault and that the university, Briles and McCaw failed to properly respond to her report and caused her to be subjected to further abuse by Chafin.īriles and McCaw first appeared in court Thursday - the fourth day of testimony - and did not answer questions about Lozano's claims as they walked into the federal courthouse. ![]() Lozano, now an elected justice of the peace in Harris County, Texas, reported that Chafin physically assaulted her three times in March and April 2014, after the two, who had been dating, argued over an abortion Lozano had earlier that year. ![]() Baylor University and ex-athletic director Ian McCaw are also defendants in the federal case. WACO, Texas - Former Baylor football coach Art Briles testified Thursday that he had no knowledge of the domestic violence allegations made by a former student against one of his players in 2014 until she filed a lawsuit two years later, although members of his staff knew about those claims - and reports of other issues - involving the former player.īriles is a defendant in a Title IX and negligence trial in which Baylor alumna Dolores Lozano alleges being physically assaulted by then-Bears player Devin Chafin in 2014. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserĮx-Baylor coach Art Briles: Didn't know of allegations in 2014 ![]()
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