COLUMBIA, MO. • Former Missouri basketball player Terrence Phillips announced his vindication from the school’s Title IX investigation last week, saying he was cleared of the most serious allegations made against him, including sexual misconduct.
A woman who filed a Title IX complaint against Phillips last year received an email from the university in June saying the school found Phillips responsible for violating Section 3 of its policy on Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Misconduct in Education. Section 3 covers sexual misconduct. Under the policy, sexual misconduct is defined four ways, including “Exposing one’s genitals to another under circumstances in which one should reasonably know that the conduct is likely to cause affront or alarm.