Lawsuit alleges 52 rapes by Baylor players during 4-year span

A lawsuit filed Friday by a Baylor graduate claims 31 players committed 52 acts of rape during a four-year span, including two that raped her in 2013.

The woman alleges that former Bears players Tre'Von Armstead and Shamycheal Chatman raped her following a party on April 18, 2013, according to Sarah Mervosh of The Dallas News.

Both players were named as suspects by police in an investigation regarding that rape, however, neither were charged.

Lawyers in the suit identified at least 52 "acts of rape" by 31 players from 2011-14, with two of the incidents classified as gang rapes committed by 10 or more players at once.

The lawsuit details a culture of sexual violence inside the Baylor athletic program, and has a Dallas-area high school athlete claiming former assistant Kendal Briles once said, "Do you like white women? Because we have a lot of them at Baylor and they love football players."

According to the lawsuit, Chatman was accused of rape before the incident involving the plaintiff, after a student athletic trainer reported he had raped her at his apartment. Baylor reportedly moved that trainer to a female sports team and agreed to pay for the remainder of her education, provided she sign a non-disclosure agreement.

The numbers presented in the suit are in stark contrast to those posted by Baylor after an independent investigation by the Pepper Hamilton Law firm in 2016. Regents told the Wall Street Journal in October that 17 women reported sexual or domestic assaults by 19 players during the same time span.