Fired Baylor staffer files for release of report

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A Baylor athletic department employee who was fired in wake of the sexual assault scandal at the university has asked a Texas court to order the Baylor board of regents to produce the Pepper Hamilton report.

Thomas Hill, a former assistant athletic director for community relations and special projects, was fired in late May after 28 years at Baylor. According to his attorney, Rogge Dunn of Dallas, Hill was never given an explanation for his firing.

“Baylor summarily fired Mr. Hill without explanation or warning,” a release from Hill’s attorneys says. “In a rush to judgment, Baylor’s Board of Regents made the decision to fire Mr. Hill without ever talking to him or getting his side of the story.”

Dunn said he filed a Rule 202 Petition that asks a Dallas County court to order the board of regents to turn over materials related to Hill’s firing, including the Pepper Hamilton report, and to allow him to interview various regents.

“I think what’s really important about the filing is we’re going to be seeking depositions and evidence from the board of regents, including work from Pepper Hamilton,” Dunn told ESPN. “It’s a way to get to the evidence quickly, rather than from the other cases that are moving slowly.”

In late May, after the board of regents received a presentation from law firm Pepper Hamilton, which the board had hired to review Baylor’s sexual assault reporting procedures, it announced the demotion of president Ken Starr to chancellor, the suspension with intent to terminate of football coach Art Briles and probation for athletic director Ian McCaw. Within weeks, McCaw would resign, Briles would be fired, and Starr …

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