Attorney: No evidence found to support Title IX allegations against UF Men’s Basketball Coach Todd Golden
Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – An attorney for UF Men’s Basketball Coach Todd Golden released a letter today, stating the the university informed him “that the Title IX investigation into Coach Todd Golden has finally been dismissed. This investigation has found no evidence to support the allegations against Coach Golden. The University’s conclusion proves that the complaint was meritless.”
The attorney wrote that “many” did not respect the investigative process, which is intended to be confidential: “Instead, they sought to target Coach Golden and drive their agenda and this investigation for their own self-interest. Some leaked confidential materials to the media; falsely posed as a UF lawyer in an effort to intimidate; harassed UF students and parents to try to generate a false narrative; and harassed my client, his family, and his friends.”
Golden released a statement on X that thanked the University Athletic Association, fans, and “so many at the University” for their support.
The complaint was filed on September 27 with the University of Florida’s Title IX Office, alleging that Golden had violated the UF Gender Equity Policy.
ESPN has reported that Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Taurean Green is also facing a Title IX investigation; although that investigation is also confidential and the university cannot legally even confirm its existence, the complainant in the Green case, like the complainant in the Golden case, took her allegations to the media.
While I’m quite confident there may have been no actual Title IX violations, I’d still like an explanation as to why a married father was apparently following female students on Instagram and sending them private messages. The information provided in the Alligator’s original was interesting in itself.
Oh my! One wouldn’t dare question an article from the Alligator would they?
Only if you want to get to the whole story.
Last time Jennifer did real reporting the city and county commission got mad at her and since then she only does press releases. lol
Tacitus, learn to mind your own business, I’m sure you have plenty to mind. The subject is not the personal life of the real victim here, but whether the offense occurred. It didn’t, so end of subject, unless he exercises his right for redress against the agitators.
Golden should sue the perps and The Alligator.
What a horrible experience for an innocent man to go through. That the persons who filed this/these actions leaked them to the press says more about vindictiveness than victimhood.
n.o.w. should confine their money grabs to California, where the state freely doles out state tax money.
Be careful. The report only says there was no evidence.
According to ESPN, the Title IX coordinator determined there was no evidence to indicate that sexual harassment “occurred within a university program or activity,” and that is why the school had to dismiss the complaint. So, it seems something may have occurred but not under the purview of Title IX.