Baylor moves to dismiss lawsuit alleging 52 rapes over 4-year span

Baylor moved to dismiss a Title IX lawsuit on Tuesday which alleges that 52 rapes were committed by members of the football team over a four-year span, as reported by Phillip Ericksen of the Waco Tribune-Herald.

The university filed a motion which disputes the claim of the lawsuit filed in January that 31 football players committed the rapes between 2011 and 2014. The motion states that the allegations can not be heard because they do not fall within the two-year statute of limitations and that they don't show "deliberate indifference" on the part of the university.

Baylor also denied claims that the school allowed for a widespread culture of sexual violence to permeate throughout the campus, specifically among the football team, and that women that took part in the hostess program known as the Baylor Bruins were expected to have sex with potential recruits.

“Baylor does not agree with or concede the accuracy of plaintiff’s 146-paragraph complaint and its immaterial and inflammatory assertions,” according to the motion.

The original suit was filed by a woman who alleges she was the victim of gang rape in 2013 that was committed by Tre'Von Armstead and Shamycheal Chatman, members of the Baylor football team at the time. Both men were arrested in connection with the incident last week.