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What did the university itself have to say?
Yeah, they said that they were not aware of the most serious allegations until this lawsuit was filed.
That's a quote.
And they continued and said, UK has consistently acted upon and investigated allegations when they were known and when complainants have opted to pursue allegations and participate in the investigative process, end quote.
And they're saying this because the swimmers who filed the lawsuit say that the university had discouraged them from reporting their claims.
Right, and the university also is saying, quote, this has prompted an important conversation about what more we can do to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of all community members, end quote.
And they then go on to list a series of reforms across campus.
But the big question that we have worked our way around to is,
from where we started and that climb up through conservative politics and the top of America itself, all the way to this lawsuit here, which, as described, is horrific, is what do we prioritize and who are we protecting when it comes to the question of what women's sports should be concerned about?
It's a shifting of the perspective from what you're hearing on Fox News.
One of the assistant coaches who filed the lawsuit against Lars Jorgensen has since transitioned, female to male.
And the lawsuit uses she, her pronouns to talk about the time period around the alleged assaults, which is why we're doing that too.
But when the case was first filed, Jorgensen's lawyer at the time brought Riley into it.
He said that the allegations had been fabricated to punish Coach Lars for supporting Riley Gaines.
And that lawyer, Greg Anderson, told the Lexington Herald-Leader, quote, this all has to do with NCAA woke philosophy.
I mean, look, the question of are there men involved
who should be considered predators around women's sports.
We've mentioned a couple of them earlier.
Larry Nassar being one famous example.
Yeah, these are like fairly common, unfortunately, common types of allegations.