(Brennan did not want to press charges then, and maintains that stance now.) Samantha Brennan, the woman who accused Guice of taking photos of her without permission, said the school’s Title IX department never reached out to her after she filed a report with campus police, as required. The story conjures bad memories of the sexual assault scandal at Baylor, particularly as the rot at LSU doesn’t stop with the athletics department. LSU would not confirm or deny if any of those players were disciplined.
Two other players accused of dating violence were arrested. Three more players have been accused of rape, and a fourth of recording a woman during sex without her knowledge. Quarterback Peter Parrish was accused of raping a woman earlier this year, suspended for a year by LSU and has since transferred to the University of Memphis. It wasn’t until after Davis pleaded guilty in court to several misdemeanors that the school expelled him. USAT reports that at least seven officials at the school knew wide receiver Drake Davis was physically abusing his girlfriend, and did nothing for months. Guice was hardly the only troubling instance. LSU isn’t the first school and athletic department to send this message. In all three cases, USA Today writes, LSU officials either doubted the women’s stories, did not investigate or did not call the police. He was named head coach about five months before the second rape allegation against Guice, which came in April 2017.
Orgeron was not the head coach when the first known accusation against Guice was made, but he was a member of the coaching staff.
Documents show that Guice was accused of rape by two women and a third said he took semi-nude photos without her permission, which he sent to at least one other person. Not surprisingly, Orgeron and LSU seemed especially protective of running back Derrius Guice. According to RAINN, the national anti-sexual violence organization, a small percentage of women - about 20 percent of those college-aged - report sexual assault to authorities, so it’s almost certain there are more who haven’t stepped forward. On Monday, USA Today published a thorough investigation into LSU, which seems to have a robust culture of turning a blind eye to women on campus who report domestic violence and sexual assault claims to police.Įspecially when allegations are made against members of the football team.Īccording to USA Today, in the four years that Orgeron has been head coach, no fewer than nine members of his Tigers program have been reported to police for sexual misconduct and dating violence.Īnd those are just the ones who went to police. And he might not be the only one at LSU, in athletics and beyond, who needs to be sent packing.
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