The combination of dishonesty and cowardice in that sentence is breathtaking. It wasn’t that BYU couldn’t “locate the perpetrator;” it’s that after interviewing dozens of people at the scene, and reviewing numerous video and audio tapes, and eliciting not a single word of corroboration from any other player or any coach on either team, the only sane conclusion is that there was no perpetrator. In other words, and flatly contrary to the WCC’s statement, the evidence certainly does mean “that the remarks were not said.” Ms. Richardson’s account is a lie.
I was a federal prosecutor for most of my career. The standard of proof in a criminal case is evidence beyond a reasonable doubt — the most stringent standard known to the law. The evidence in this case goes well beyond that. If Ms. Richardson had been indicted for perjury, and I placed before the jury the evidence that BYU in its “transparent and thorough investigation” produced, she would be convicted in five minutes. It would take the jury longer to elect a foreman than it would to reach a verdict.
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