Kirby Smart and Georgia officials held a rare briefing Tuesday to object to allegations the football program turned a blind eye to sexual assault reports. “I’m a football coach, I’m responsible for this program, and it starts with me.”
ByATHENS, Ga. — It has been a difficult offseason for the Georgia football program since winning its second consecutive national championship, beginning with a tragic car accident that took the lives of aBut recent reporting in an Atlanta newspaper that the school has taken sexual assault allegations lightly prompted coach Kirby Smart and school officials to hold a rare briefing with a group of media members Tuesday to defend themselves.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that 11 players during Smart’s tenure remained with the team after women reported violent encounters to the police or university. The newspaper did not identify the 11 players and referenced incidents involving three players. Athletic director Josh Brooks said “recent inaccurate and misleading reporting” led to Tuesday’s press briefing “to set the record straight.” Also on Tuesday,sent a demand for retraction to the AJC for the paper’s story that was published online on June 27 and in the print edition on July 2, via Michael Raeber general counsel for the University of Georgia Athletic Association.
He acknowledged problems existing with too many Georgia players driving too fast but said, “The recent media suggestion that the university and our program turn a blind eye to domestic abuse and sexual assault by ignoring reports or rewarding bad behavior is absolutely wrong. The three prominent examples used are misleading and irresponsible. The reporting conveniently minimizes the significant actions we have taken in direct response to address these matters.
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