Posted on 06/07/2007 7:06:28 PM PDT by abb
Duke University has reached a financial settlement with Mike Pressler, the former men's lacrosse coach who lost his job in the wake of since-debunked rape allegations involving his team.
Though the university would not disclose terms of the deal, a school official confirmed Thursday that Duke reached "an amicable, fair financial settlement" with Pressler a few months ago.
"Coach Pressler is an excellent coach and did a great job building the Duke men's lacrosse program," John Burness, Duke's vice president for public affairs, told The Associated Press. "Unfortunately last spring it was essential for the team to have a change of leadership in order to move forward.
"We regret the negative consequences this decision had on Coach Pressler. He and Duke reached an amicable, fair financial settlement in which Duke recognized his contributions to the lacrosse program and the circumstances of his departure."
Lee Southren, Pressler's agent, declined to comment Thursday night.
Pressler was in his 16th season at Duke when a woman told police that she was attacked by three players at a March 2006 team party where she was hired to perform as a stripper. The allegations eventually led the the university in Durham to cancel the remainder of the highly ranked team's season and accept Pressler's resignation.
Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and David Evans were indicted on charges of rape, kidnapping and sexual offense. They were later cleared by state prosecutors, who called them "innocent" victims of a "tragic rush to accuse."
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It is a shame the accuser is essentially judgement-proof.
Maybe Duke will think twice next time before piling on and trying to ruin dozens of lives with out one shred of proof any law was broken.
It’s not going to be the only check Duke writes. This party’s just gettin’ started.
LOL, what a croc. They should of had a change of leadership with the president and the gang of 88 for letting innocent people be railroaded.
They're buying their way out of it. Brodhead cannot afford for the discovery process of a civil trial.
I don’t think Duke learned a thing. They hired the gang of 88 and they are still employees. The Pesident and the gang of 88 should all be gone.
Duke will settle with everyone now. They can not afford to have open discovery, so they will settle early and at unfavorable terms to Duke.
If I were a Duke Alum, I would certainly demand an accounting as to how much in total the Brodhead administration and the faculty had cost Duke from their mishandling of the case.
If any of my grandchildren ever says they want to go to Duke,I’ll disown them.
The way the university treated this coach and the 4 young men is inexcusable.
An absolute disgrace.
I sincerly hope that those accused boys sue that leftist school for big buck. They deserve it.
I’m thinking lots of zeros on those checks. Yep, glad to see it.
Fascinating.
2nd to that.
You might want to check that. IIRC a number of them were part-timers without tenure and a number of them are no longer with the university. Not that they were let go because of this, but I don't think it's accurate to say that they are all still employees.
Howlin is at Wideawakes.net , you can talk to her there .
I don’t like amnesty either .
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