Baylor Settles Years-Long Federal Lawsuit in Sexual Assault Scandal That Rocked Baptist School

Baylor University (TX) has settled a years-long federal lawsuit brought by 15 women who alleged they were sexually assaulted at the nation’s biggest Baptist school, ending the largest case brought in a wide-ranging scandal that led to the ouster of the university president and its football coach, and tainted the school’s reputation. Notification of the settlement was filed in online court records Monday. The lawsuit was first filed in June 2016. The lawsuit was one of several that were filed that alleged staff and administrators ignored or stifled reports from women who said they were assaulted on or near campus.