Georgia football coach Kirby Smart and university athletic director Josh Brooks on Tuesday denied allegations contained in a report from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution which described a pattern of the program’s rushing to defend players who have been accused of sexual assault.
The Journal-Constitution reported in June that 11 players during Smart’s tenure were permitted to remain on the team after women reported violent encounters with them to the school, police or both. The report mentioned that one player, who was charged with recording a sex act with an unconscious woman, stayed on the roster for a full season before transferring. Other transgressions include players’ threatening their girlfriends and sexual assault, according to the report.
Smart said Tuesday that his program takes such allegations “extremely serious,” while Brooks called the reporting on the issue “inaccurate and misleading.”
