Topic: Liability for Sexual Assault by College Athletes under Title Ix
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College athletes routinely make the news for their athletic achievements, and a few of them, unfortunately, make the news for misconduct. Since the mid 1990s, there have been hundreds of allegations of sexual assault by college athletes against fellow students or younger individuals. [1] Student-victims of these alleged assaults by fellow students have previously been unsuccessful in holding colleges and universities legally liable for these injuries, both under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 [2] and other statutes. [3]
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