Nobody’s story matches up in Ohio State University’s investigation into how thoroughly the school pushed to change the marching band’s “sexualized” culture before the band director was fired, The Lantern reports.
As The College Fix previously noted, a two-month investigation found that Director Jonathan Waters “would not address alcohol abuse” by band members and tolerated the band’s degrading sexual “tricks” like making one female member “imitate a sexual act” on her brother’s lap.
The problem is that the school’s former Title IX coordinator, the compliance chief and Waters himself can’t even agree on what happened at a meeting to discuss a sexual harassment complaint, The Lantern says:
“The very purpose of the meeting was to support Ms. [Andrea] Goldblum, as the Title IX coordinator, in ensuring that Title IX requirements were followed,” [compliance chief Gates] Garrity-Rokous said.
Goldblum, however, said Garrity-Rokous constantly spoke over her during the meeting, preventing any real Title IX progress from happening. That kind of behavior was common for Garrity-Rokous, she said. …
After the meeting, Goldblum said Garrity-Rokous spoke down to her and told her she had been too aggressive.
“Gates said to me in a very condescending tone, ‘Andrea, you’ve never been a federal prosecutor like I was, so you don’t understand how to do these things,’” she said.
But Garrity-Rokous said those weren’t his words.
“I did not use the quoted language, and my tone was consistent with my intent to help her improve her effectiveness in her new role,” he said.
And Waters said Tuesday he remembered the meeting as more of a meet-and-greet with Garrity-Rokous and Goldblum, rather than a chance to address any major sexual harassment concerns.
What kind of guidance the school gave Waters on appropriate band behavior has become a pivotal issue as he seeks to formally “clear his name,” but the school has refused to help him, which could lead Waters to sue OSU, The Lantern said.
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