Shaw University responds to allegations on women's basketball team
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PATROL IS LEADING THE
INVESTIGATION. THIS THANK YOU,
BRIAN. NEW TONIGHT SHOW
UNIVERSITY IN RALEIGH IS
RESPONDING TO ALLEGATIONS OF
MISCONDUCT INVOLVING THE
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM.
>> THE CLAIMS MADE ON SOCIAL
MEDIA AND SHARED WITH WRAL
DETAIL, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL
MISCONDUCT AND INAPPROPRIATE
BEHAVIOR. THE BUREAU, SHAUN
GALLAGHER EXPLAINS WHAT
TRIGGERED A STATEMENT FROM THE
UNIVERSITY TONIGHT.
>> THIS IS THIS IS CHARLES
UNIVERSITY SENIOR GUARD KR
SHEPARD. SHE POSTED THIS VIDEO
TO HER NEARLY 82,000 TIKTOK
FOLLOWERS EARLIER THIS WEEK AND
IT WAS FLOODED WITH COMMENTS
FROM FORMER PLAYERS WHO WENT
THROUGH THIS UNIVERSITY'S
BASKETBALL PROGRAM SAYING ME
TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.
ONE TO SHEPHERD SAYS SHE GOT
KICKED OFF THE TEAM THE NEXT
DAY. SHE SAYS SHE MET WITH THE
UNIVERSITY IN FEBRUARY BUT HAS
NOT HEARD FROM THEM SINCE AND
IN RESPONSE TO THIS VIDEO, THE
UNIVERSITY RELEASED THIS
STATEMENT. SHAW UNIVERSITY IS
AWARE OF RECENT ALLEGATIONS
THAT HAVE SURFACED ONLINE.
THE UNIVERSITY TAKES ANY
ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT
SERIOUSLY. AND THE UNIVERSITY
HAS NO FURTHER COMMENT AT THIS
TIME. ANOTHER PLAYER MET WITH
WRAL TO SHARE HER COMPLAINTS.
IT IS THE SPIRIT OF VERBAL I
EXPERIENCED
>> WE'RE JUST THROUGH SAND.
THERE'S A LOT OF WEIRD STUFF,
ALI. A CHAPLAIN SAYS THOSE
GESTURES WERE IN NATURE AND
MADE HER UNCOMFORTABLE ON THE
TEAM LAST YEAR.
>> SHE ALSO SAYS THERE WAS A
MOMENT IN THE LOCKER ROOM WHEN
A MAN AFFILIATED WITH THE TEAM
CAME IN UNANNOUNCED.
>> SHE'S NEVER FELT HER
CONCERNS WILL BE HEARD BY
FILING FORM OR COMPLAINTS.
BUT THIS TIKTOK HAS MADE HER
RETHINK WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN
GOING ON FOR YEARS. WHAT DO
YOU THINK THE PEOPLE BEFORE AS
NICE.
>> I ALREADY WHICH IS LARRY WAS
A TEACHER. AND HOW ARE WE
TRYING TO SIMPLY HIM? SHE IN
CONTACT WITH WENY'S CONTENT