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Report: Baylor didn't investigate sexual assault report for 2 years

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Baylor took more than two years to investigate a 2013 report of sexual assault involving two football players, according to ESPN's Outside the Lines.

The Waco Police Department told school officials in April 2013 about an off-campus incident involving former Bears players Tre'Von Armstead and Myke Chatman, and also told the alleged victim that police had contacted the school. However, Baylor didn't begin an investigation until September 2015, according to Outside the Lines.

Title IX requires schools to immediately address allegations of sexual violence involving students. Baylor is subject to the federal law despite being a private institution.

Chatman eventually transferred. Armstead was kicked off the team in September for a violation of team rules, and reportedly expelled in February due to the allegations.

The woman in the alleged incident decided not to pursue charges against the two men and told police she was too intoxicated to remember exactly what happened.

An adjudicator in Baylor's Title IX investigation determined Armstead had sex with the woman when she was too drunk to consent, according to documents obtained by Outside the Lines. He's reportedly considering a lawsuit after appealing his expulsion failed.

Baylor announced in March that it plans to improve its responses to sexual assault claims.

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