I bet Brodhead now realizes to his horror the liability implications of Dean of Student Affairs Wasoliek's failure to inform the parents of the players on Mar. 14 that their sons may have been involved in an alleged felony and were likely to be approached by police.
Can you imagine the blood pressure of the K Street lawyer when he found out Duke never told the parents and allowed the players to be interviewed without their lawyers present!?
My guess is: Dean Sue would have informed the parents but Brodhead told her not to call them. He didn't want them in the way while he closed down the lacrosse program and fired the coach that most of them came to Duke to play under. He could then throw these guys under the bus without their (some) powerful mommies and daddies getting in the way and could then show how sensitive he was to the racial politics of the city.
Dean Sue has been there for a long time, I am very surprised that she didn't contact each and every parent asap.