Art Briles testifies at Title IX trial, claims he was unaware of allegations against ex-Baylor player in 2014

Ex-Baylor trainer Art Briles testified Thursday that he was unaware of home violence allegations against one of his avid gamers till a lawsuit was filed by way of the player’s accuser in 2016. This declare comes regardless of documentation of a number of group of workers individuals having wisdom of the placement previous to the prison motion, ESPN reports. 

Briles, Baylor University and previous Bears athletic director Ian McCaw are all defendants in a Title IX and lawsuit trial introduced forth by way of Baylor alumna Dolores Lozano. She claims ex-Baylor working again Devin Chafin bodily assaulted her on a couple of events in 2014. 

According to the document, Lozano claims she was put at possibility for attack after Baylor didn’t put into effect Title IX and deal with sexual violence at massive. She additionally claimed the 3 defendants failed to answer a document of Chafin’s habits, thus subjecting her to further abuse. Chafin was a member of the Bears soccer program from 2012-15 ahead of he was pushed aside forward of the 2016 season after allegations of abuse first got here to public mild. 

Briles and McCaw made their first court docket appearances in Waco, Texas Thursday. Briles contended the next:

• He was unaware of Title IX when he was employed at Baylor
• He didn’t obtain Title IX coaching till 2014
• He was by no means knowledgeable by way of the staffers who allegedly had wisdom of attack allegations against Chafin ahead of a lawsuit was filed
• He was unaware Chafin was arrested on DUI chrarges in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 2012

Lozano is amongst a couple of former feminine Baylor scholars who’ve filed court cases and court cases against the college stemming from the sexual attack scandal that rocked this system in 2016. Briles was fired in consequence of the saga, whilst McCaw resigned and president Ken Starr was stripped of his name. Starr died in 2022.

Briles has no longer coached collegiately since his dismissal from Baylor, the place he guided the Bears for 8 seasons and captured two Big 12 championships. He did go back to the highschool training ranks in the state of Texas at Mount Vernon from 2019-20. Briles was employed because the offensive coordinator at Grambling State forward of the 2022 season, however resigned simply days later amid intense backlash. McCaw is now the athletic director at Liberty, a place he has held since 2016.