Review: San Jose State Botched Probe of Athletic Trainer's Alleged Misconduct

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A four-page review released last week by the California State University chancellor‘s office concluded that the 2009-10 investigation of San Jose State University head athletic trainer Scott Shaw was insufficient and that the campus police department did not properly respond to reports of sexual misconduct filed against him by two student-athletes in 2009.

As reported by Summer Lin of the Los Angeles Times, several female student-athletes reported in December 2009 that Shaw had touched their breasts, groins, buttocks or pubic areas during treatment that was described to them as “trigger-point therapy” or “pressure-point therapy,” according to a report released last year by the U.S. Justice Department.

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