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The University of Utah was obligated to protect Lauren McCluskey — regardless of who her attacker was, the family’s attorneys argue in new lawsuit filing

Several employees at the University of Utah knew that the man was harassing and extorting — even abusing and sexually assaulting — track star Lauren McCluskey, according to attorneys representing McCluskey’s parents in a lawsuit against the school. And university employees had several opportunities to step in and stop it, the attorneys assert.

In a filing submitted early Monday, they allege university staff had the power to remove him from campus, call his parole officer, arrest him for any of the felony-level crimes McCluskey and her friends were alleging or, at the very least, help her get a protective order.