Brodhead would not say whether Pressler’s resignation was requested, saying only, “When it was offered, I thought it was highly appropriate.”
Brodhead followed his decision to cancel the season by announcing a series of steps that Duke plans to address the allegations, including examining the culture of the lacrosse team and investigating the school’s response to the scandal.
The aim, he said, is to uncover whether “there is a special history of bad behavior with this team.”
The investigation of Duke’s response will be conducted by Dr. William G. Bowen, president of the Andrew Mellon Foundation and a past president of Princeton University, and Julius Chambers, former director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and a past NCCU chancellor.
— Associated Press
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