Florida males’s basketball assistant coach Taurean Inexperienced is the topic of a sexual assault grievance, as the varsity investigates this system’s head coach, Todd Golden, over allegations he despatched specific images and movies to girls on campus.
Inexperienced reportedly organized a gathering with a girl, who filed a Title IX grievance in March 2024 anonymously, and tried to kiss her and put his hand down her pants, in accordance with ESPN.
The girl, who had solely “exchanged informal greetings” with Inexperienced to that time, per ESPN, mentioned no and escaped the scenario regardless of a repeated effort on his half.
Inexperienced didn’t reply to the outlet’s request for remark.
The girl didn’t instantly report the incident as a consequence of Inexperienced’s standing — the 38-year-old received NCAA championships with Florida in 2006 and 2007 enjoying briefly within the NBA earlier than professionally abroad — however got here ahead in December after being interviewed as a part of the allegations towards Golden.
“The regulation prohibits us from commenting on the existence or standing of investigations,” a college spokesperson instructed ESPN. “The College of Florida takes these issues severely and conducts a radical and deliberate course of that ensures due course of for everybody.”
Golden stays below investigation for a Title IX grievance that grew to become public in November, with a number of girls claiming he made unwelcome sexual advances by way of Instagram along with sending girls images of themselves on campus, exhibiting as much as areas he knew they’d be and sending them elicit images.
Title IX is designed to guard college students from discrimination, together with sexual harassment. Florida outsources its Title IX investigations to Grand River Options, a personal agency primarily based in California.
Golden initially signed a six-year, $18 million contract to take over at Florida and agreed to a two-year extension in March 2024 that can preserve him at Florida by way of the 2029-30 season.
His contract prohibits “romantic, amorous and/or sexual relationships between any coach or different worker of the Affiliation and any scholar athlete or different particular person topic to the supervision, management and/or authority of such coach or different worker.”
The contract additionally says the college can take disciplinary motion if the coach acts in a way “that has an ‘antagonistic impact’ or causes an ‘antagonistic reflection,’ on the fame, mission and/or pursuits” of the athletic division or the college.
— With AP