WACO, Texas ― The former Title IX coordinator at Baylor University says that a top school official told her to never put anything in writing after she sent him a 16-page memo detailing her concerns that her authority and support were still being compromised even as the university had indicated it was trying to make changes in the wake of a series of sexual assault claims.
Patty Crawford told “60 Minutes Sports on Showtime” that Reagan Ramsower, the university’s senior vice president for operations and chief financial officer, yelled at her in July after she wrote the memo. The segment aired Tuesday evening.
“He was not happy. And ― I was shocked. I was yelled at. I was told, ‘Don’t ever put anything in writing to me again. You talk to me in person. You call me on the phone. But don’t put anything in writing,’” she said.
Ramsower told the television program that Crawford’s claim was a “complete fabrication.”
Ramsower said he had 12 meetings with Crawford in the five weeks prior to when the memo was sent and that she had not raised any of her concerns to him.
David Garland, Baylor’s interim president, told “60 Minutes Sports on Showtime” that he found Crawford’s accusations that Ramsower was impeding her efforts “to be untrue and also unfair. … We have spared no expense in trying to address these issues.”
As Title IX coordinator, Crawford was charged with enforcing federal standards meant to prevent discrimination based on gender. Her job also included investigating the sexual assault claims.
