BYU Investigation of ‘Racist’ Incident Turns Up No Evidence of Athlete Harassment

Duke University dismissed the results of the investigation and said it was standing behind the student athletes who claim to have been harassed.

Caroline Stickel via Wikimedia Commons
The campus of Brigham Young University at Provo, Utah. Caroline Stickel via Wikimedia Commons

Brigham Young University, under fire for weeks after a visiting Black athlete claimed to have been racially harassed during a volleyball match, said Friday that an extensive investigation turned up no evidence to back the young woman’s allegations.

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