Ethos article on Bubu Palo and his false accusation

[Psiclone]

The Ethos article is about the criminal case. The case involved the Student Code of Conduct is a totally different matter. There is a very long list of violations and a much lower threshold of evidence for guilt than in a criminal case. At this point, we don't even know what violations Leath found him guilty of. Maybe Leath threw him under the bus, but I doubt it. It is possible that Leath looked carefully at the evidence and thought that Bubu was indeed guilty. If so, then it would be unethical for him to have done anything else. I recognize this is speculation, but I think we at least owe Leath some benefit of the doubt until we know more facts.

the burden for student misconduct is preponderance of evidence, the same standard applied by the ALJ who found the evidence did not meet even this low standard. Also, the ALJ actually heard 10 hours of testimony. Leath didn't.

 

[LivntheCyLife]

while this is true Leath cannot blindly rule on any violation. He was ruling on an appeal of a charge of sexual misconduct in the form of sexual assault (read the ruling). He reversed the alj judge on the finding that it was unfounded. Sexual assault is what we are talking about, that is a known fact now.

Where are you seeing assault? I've only seen sexual misconduct.

 

[Amesboy]

Rape is a very real and serious societal problem. False claims of rape make the problem worse and is also a problem on its own. Public campaigns against the accused or the alleged victims in no way help either problem.

Obviously, good point and well taken.

 

[Amesboy]

Bubu has indeed an excellent case to petition the NCAA for another year of eligibility. If I were him I wouldn't rejoin the team this year and file a petition and come back for a full year.