

Pepper Hamilton found that university officials had failed to take action regarding the alleged rape and assaults. Baylor commissioned the law firm Pepper Hamilton to conduct an independent external investigation regarding the school’s handling of sexual violence. The scandal was the result of numerous allegations of and convictions for sexual and non-sexual assaults committed by students, many of whom were on the football team. Ian McCaw on his resignation + a statement from Baylor's BOR /qtZMIYELnB After three years in Waco, he resigned his position in May of 2016 in wake of a sexual assault scandal. Prior to taking over at Liberty in November of 2016, McCaw served in the same role at Baylor. Hugh Freeze was hired as the head football coach at Liberty University on Decemby athletic director Ian McCaw. The calls dated back to shortly after Freeze arrived in Oxford. The basis for the investigation was later described as a ‘concerning pattern’ of phone calls to a number associated with a female escort service. His resignation came after chancellor Jeff Vitter and athletic director Ross Bjork conducted an internal investigation. On July 20, 2017, Freeze resigned from his job as the head football coach at the University of Mississippi. Now, three years after he took over the Flames’ football program, an alleged victim of sexual assault claims that she received bizarre DMs from Freeze on Twitter. Someone needs to take his phone away at night before he embarrass himself or the university any further.Hugh Freeze was named the head football coach at Liberty University less than two years after he resigned from the same role at Ole Miss. Freeze is a disgraced coach attempting to redeem himself. Violating the boundaries of a rape victim after all Freeze has been party to in the past is beyond unconscionable.Ī lawyer needs to pull Freeze aside before he does more damage. Violating the boundaries of a rape victim is a horrible look. Messaging someone consistently against their will is violating their boundaries. Although Freeze believes he’s defending a friend, he’s acting inappropriately. Whether Freeze realizes it or not, he and McCaw are university representatives. Neither Freeze nor McCaw should be messaging Andrews. Common sense says Hugh Freeze shouldn’t message Andrews. Ian McCaw is an athletic director with a tarnished past. Hugh Freeze is a football coach with a tarnished past. Logic also says don’t use your employer-issued cell phone to call hookers and Hugh Freeze failed that test. Punishments were administered under the school’s ‘moral code’ and ranged from fines to expulsion. McCaw has a sordid history of his own, he was at Baylor University when a rape scandal there engulfed the football program and school.Īmong the allegation in the lawsuit, school officials threatened to punish rape victims if they came forward with their allegations. Ian McCaw (mentioned by Freeze) is the current athletic director at Liberty. Handler self-identified as ‘Jane Doe 7’ in the lawsuit. Publicly naming so he can see that I don’t want direct contact w/ him /K3icZAuopsĬhelsea Andrews is one of 22 women who sued Liberty University as part of a sexual assault lawsuit. & I haven’t responded to the other DMs he’s sent over the months Why is the head football coach at Liberty University DMing me during and after my lawsuit with LU? Why is a head football coach infamous for an escort scandal messaging a rape victim who is involved in a lawsuit with his employer? Freeze is 26-11 in three years as the head coach of the Flames. Liberty hired Freeze as their new head coach in December of 2018. Freeze lied about the phone calls, and a university investigation uncovered his lies. Freeze coached at Ole Miss from 2012-2016 but was fired after it was discovered he used a university issued phone to call an escort service.
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Before he came to Liberty, Michael Oher’s coach in The Blind Side became head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels. Liberty football coach Huge Freeze has a well-documented past.
