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Baylor Investigating Handling of Past Sexual Assault Cases Amid Accusations

Baylor University may be under fire again after a report by Paula Lavigne for ESPN's Outside the Lines criticized the school's handling of alleged sexual assaults.

Patty Crawford, Baylor's Title IX coordinator, told Lavigne the school has hired an independent consultant to examine how it dealt with past sexual assault investigations.

Lavigne tells the story of a female student, Tanya, who was sexually assaulted by former Bears football player Tevin Elliott. Elliott was eventually sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Baylor's campus police declined to help Tanya since the assault happened off school grounds, while the university's health center suggested she seek counseling from an off-campus facility because the center was so busy.