- ABC News
- August 16, 2017
The first woman to file a Title IX lawsuit against? Baylor, alleging the university failed to adequately respond to her report of being sexually assaulted amid a string of recent cases, has resolved her lawsuit against the school, former head football coach Art Briles and ex-athletic director Ian McCaw. Former Baylor student Jasmin Hernandez reached an undisclosed financial settlement after a daylong mediation Saturday, her attorney, Alexander Zalkin, said Tuesday.? Zalkin would not detail what responsibility, if any, each party bore in the resolution, citing mediation confidentiality rules. But Briles' attorney, Mark Lanier, wrote in an email that Hernandez "dismissed her case against Coach Briles before the settlement. He didn't pay anything nor did he admit any liability." "You kind of weigh the costs and benefits of continuing, and for her, it reached a point where she felt she could resolve the case and have some closure and move forward," Zalkin said. "It was the...