According to a report from Gary Fineout of the Associated Press, the former director of the Florida State University’s victim advocate program detailed 20 claims of sexual assault and said “she was concerned that athletes get preferential treatment during investigations of misconduct.”
Melissa Ashton held the victim advocate position until August and “made the statement in a deposition given this past June in an ongoing civil lawsuit” filed by a former student against the university. Fineout also reported that Ashton said “most of the 20 victims who alleged sexual assaults by team members during the past nine years declined to press student conduct charges.