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NEW: Regents Meeting, Benson Decision, Investigation Report -- Monday, 6/12

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BuffinCali said:
Hmmmm, if only it was that easy. The victims lawyer now has ground to sue for the $3.5M since the University admitted it failed in it processes. She is going to get paid, unfortunately, by CU and by the comments from her lawyer this afternoon, he is not done dragging CU's name thru the dirt until the payment is made.
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This is true.
 
BuffinCali said:
Hmmmm, if only it was that easy. The victims lawyer now has ground to sue for the $3.5M since the University admitted it failed in it processes. She is going to get paid, unfortunately, by CU and by the comments from her lawyer this afternoon, he is not done dragging CU's name thru the dirt until the payment is made.
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Seems unlikely. No injury occurred after she told MM.
 
She and the lawyer will use the report to hammer CU for not following the rules. The report exposes CU.

I was an advocate for setting for 500K before the report came out.

I think the price went up today. CU should settle.
 
CUs lawyers should investigate the victim and cover her lawyers with paper. Find out how many other times she has been abused.
 
Interesting read in the report. A few things:

1. Communication was very siloed on this. A lot of it really reads like a bad game of telephone. Phil seemed to be the least informed at the end.
2. MacIntyre's lawyer could've been more helpful.
3. Still no good explanation why school legal counsel was left mostly out of the loop, until Phil found a few minutes to pose a vague question to O'Rourke at the bowl game. Seems like that'd be the easiest call to make even if you're unsure of title IX or OIEC jurisdiction.
 
hawg1 said:
She and the lawyer will use the report to hammer CU for not following the rules. The report exposes CU.

I was an advocate for setting for 500K before the report came out.

I think the price went up today. CU should settle.
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How on Earth did you come to that conclusion?
 
sackman said:
How on Earth did you come to that conclusion?
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CU made mistakes. They did not follow P/P. Their employees violated Regrent's Clause on ethics. They allowed him to coach whole knowing. Their P/P do not reflect community standards for similar institutions. Have employees options to suggest own penalties,which were minimal.

He will sling mud causing situation to linger, further harming CU reputation.

This is standard stuff.

Settle.
 
CU decided to release the report for that exact reason though, there is nothing else that can come out from the lawyer to hurt the university in any way so they lost a lot of leverage in one day.

Honestly I just have a hard time seeing the lawyer being able to prove CU owes damages from all of this but who knows.
 
I believe the cost of the lawyers and the self imposed fines are a lot less than a ransom and settlement with the extortion led victim. It is one thing to want justice, and it is another to put a profit as the main objective.
 
TDbuff said:
Interesting read in the report. A few things:

1. Communication was very siloed on this. A lot of it really reads like a bad game of telephone. Phil seemed to be the least informed at the end.
2. MacIntyre's lawyer could've been more helpful.
3. Still no good explanation why school legal counsel was left mostly out of the loop, until Phil found a few minutes to pose a vague question to O'Rourke at the bowl game. Seems like that'd be the easiest call to make even if you're unsure of title IX or OIEC jurisdiction.
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What stood out to me:

1. That Sports Illustrated piece does not seem like the hatchet job like it has been portrayed here. That reporter asked some pretty straightforward questions and rightfully had to be wondering "WTF?" at the inconsistencies.

2. Tumpkin's lawyer seemed to be deliberately keeping CU in the dark on the TPO, which caused a clear ****show the day the story hit the Daily Camera.
 
Am I missing something here? The report states that there was no coverup, that mistakes were made, but made out of ignorance not malice. Everybody cooperated and wanted to do the right thing even when they didn't know what the right thing was. And this is grounds for a settlement?

**** that ****. Grow a spine.
 
sackman said:
Am I missing something here? The report states that there was no coverup, that mistakes were made, but made out of ignorance not malice. Everybody cooperated and wanted to do the right thing even when they didn't know what the right thing was. And this is grounds for a settlement?

**** that ****. Grow a spine.
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I'm with you, sacky. In hindsight I think hiring the law firm to investigate was a smart move. I think the report is more of a defense than something that can be used against them.
 
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