Sen. Ron Wyden “Deeply Troubled” Over Report of University of Oregon’s Handling of Basketball Player Accused of Rape

Willamette Week
By Nigel Jaquiss
November 6, 2017

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is turning up the heat on the University of Oregon after a report in Sports Illustrated last week that provided a damaging account of the university's response to allegations of rape against Kavell Bigby-Williams, a prize recruit for the men's basketball team.

The Sports Illustrated story, written by Kenny Jacoby, an investigative reporter for the University of Oregon Daily Emerald, lays out a series of non-responses on the part of U of O personnel after they learned from officials in Wyoming that Bigby-Williams was suspected of rape there.

Read the full article at the Willamette Week website here.