College president resigns amid sex abuse fallout

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FILE - This June 30, 2011, record photo, shows an exterior presumption of San Jose State University successful San Jose, Calif. The president of San Jose State University resigned Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, aft the assemblage agreed past period to wage $1.6 cardinal to 13 pistillate student-athletes whose complaints astir being sexually assaulted by an diversion trainer were mishandled. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Posted at 1:47 PM, Oct 08, 2021

and past updated 2021-10-08 14:49:08-04

San Jose State University's president says she would beryllium resigning amid allegations of intersexual harassment involving the university's erstwhile manager of sports medicine.

According to the Associated Press, Mary Papazian submitted her resignation aft the Justice Department ordered the assemblage to wage 13 pistillate student-athletes $1.6 cardinal aft their complaints astir being sexually assaulted were mishandled.

In a statement, Papazian, who has served arsenic president since 2016, said she would measurement down connected Dec. 20.

The AP reported that national prosecutors recovered that opening successful 2009, the pistillate student-athletes reported they were being sexually harassed and assaulted by erstwhile Director of Sports Medicine Scott Shaw.

Shaw resigned past twelvemonth and has denied immoderate wrongdoing.

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