Tulsa Comes Under Fire for Allegedly Ignoring Student Athlete’s History as Sexual Predator

Sep 19, 2014

Tulsa University (TU) is being sued by a former student, who claims the school knew that one of its basketball players was a sexual predator, yet did nothing to protect her or other victims of the student athlete. This, plaintiff Abigail Ross alleged, amounted to a violation of Title IX. Specifically, Ross claimed that basketball player Patrick Swilling Jr. raped her on January 27, 2012. "After finishing his assault, Swilling instructed her that 'no one is going to know about this,

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