SAN DIEGO — The director of San Diego State University’s athletics department said Monday that the school had not ignored allegations that members of its football team had been accused of gang-raping a 17-year-old girl last fall.
“That is absolutely not true,” John David Wicker said during a news conference that turned tense moments earlier when Wicker and head football coach Brady Hoke refused to answer questions about the alleged rape then walked out. Wicker returned later and spoke about the allegations.
“We will hold any student and coach, any staff member to be held responsible for anything that is confirmed and adjudicated,” he said.
