05/31/2021
FBI involvement in San Jose State athletic trainer s*x abuse case raises stakes
Are federal agents focused on female athletes’ allegations or university’s handling of case?
When San Jose State University released an independent investigation into allegations that head athletic trainer Scott Shaw inappropriately touched female athletes during his decade with the school, there was no quibbling in its findings:
“All the allegations were substantiated by a preponderance of the evidence” and “Shaw engaged in s*xual harassment and s*xual misconduct.”
Those acts, the report said last month, violated university policies.
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But in an intriguing and perhaps foreboding sign, the FBI is involved, interviewing victims, witnesses and university staff. It’s the same agency that investigated the notorious case of Larry Nassa…
