In the days following Husch Blackwell’s blunt report on LSU’s mishandling of sexual misconduct complaints by LSU, key players in Louisiana and outside the state responded to the investigation.
The 150-page report included three main findings: LSU did not follow federal laws, best practices or even its own policies in cases of reported sexual misconduct; The incidents in the LSU sports department have not been properly reported; and LSU has never provided adequate personnel for its Title IX office, which investigates such allegations.
Certainly the LSU university leadership did not think that the public furor over the school’s treatment of cases of sexual misconduct would end with the re …
The result of the launch of the worrying report resulted in a swift promise to change policies. It also sparked protests on campus, unpaid suspensions by two athletic department employees and Les Miles’ departure from the Kansas football program. The university released a statement on Monday that said the trainer and Kansas mutually agreed to separate after the sexual harassment charges against Miles, which were also included in the report.
News of the investigation did not stop on Tuesday, with two major Louisiana figures responding and more information about Miles’ departure surfacing. Here’s what you should know:
$ 2 million mileage agreement
Miles is not only in Kansas, but pocketing $ 2 million that remains in his contract, a deal he and the team reached during the mutually agreed separation.
Kansas sports director Jeff Long denied that he was aware of allegations of sexual harassment against former LSU coach Les Miles when Long …
The Kansas contract states that Miles would not have received a payment if he had been fired for “just cause”.
Kansas sports director Jeff Long also denied knowing about the charges against Miles when he was hired as the Jayhawks coach in 2018.
For more information on the separation of Kansas and Miles and the terms of their contract, click here.
Ed Orgeron responds
In an interview on Tuesday with ESPN’s “Off the Bench”, LSU coach Ed Orgeron said he was “deeply saddened” by the report.
LSU football coach Ed Orgeron said on Tuesday that he was “deeply saddened” by the findings of Husch Blackwell’s investigation into how the universe…
The investigation highlighted a significant case in which Executive Athletic Deputy Director Verge Ausberry did not denounce former LSU receiver Drake Davis after a 2018 text message. The player told Ausberry in the message he had beaten his girlfriend, former LSU tennis player, Jade Lewis. Ausberry said Davis denied the confession when they spoke on the phone.
In other prominent cases, LSU star, running back Derrius Guice, was accused of raping two women during his time on campus. His lawyer denied these charges.
Both Guice and Davis were football players during Orgeron’s reign as coach.
To learn more about how Orgeron appeared in the report, click here.
John Bel Edwards is ‘mortified’
During a press conference on Tuesday, mainly about expanding the eligibility of the coronavirus vaccine, Governor John Bel Edwards also commented on the report of sexual misconduct.
Governor John Bel Edwards said on Tuesday that he was “sick to the stomach” while reading a recent investigation into LSU’s failures to deal with…
He said the findings left him “queasy”, but he also added that he would not doubt the decision-making of interim LSU president Tom Galligan, who suspended Ausberry and Miriam Segar without pay.
To read what else Edwards said about the investigation, click here.
Former LSU President and Chancellor F. King Alexander wrote in a letter on Monday that he regrets not taking stronger measures when confronted with everyone …
This information was obtained from original reports by editors Andrea Gallo, Brooks Kubena and Mark Ballard.