Oregon State, Former Football Coach Mike Riley Sued: Latest Details and Reaction

Oregon State University and former head football coach Mike Riley are facing a lawsuit from a woman alleging that she was raped while attending the school in 1999.

Bryan Denson of the Oregonian reported details of the lawsuit:

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A former student at Oregon State University has filed a federal Title IX lawsuit that accuses the school's former head football coach Mike Riley of failing to correct a hostile and sexually violent culture among football players that contributed to her being raped.

The woman alleges that she was raped on Oct. 9, 1999, while a freshman at OSU. 

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It also notes the alleged victim "attended a party at an off-campus apartment when a young man approached her with an open can of beer..."    

According to the alleged victim's complaint filed in Eugene's U.S. District Court, per Denson's report, "she took two drinks of the beer and then became woozy and fuzzy-headed" before being taken to a house where some Oregon State football players "allegedly lived."

After that, her lawsuit claims the man who offered her the beer sexually assaulted her. She also accused the university's sexual assault counselor of suggesting that she "perhaps said 'yes' to the man and that she shouldn't have been drinking."

Following that encounter, per Denson's report, the female student was deterred from seeking additional help from the school.

Oregon State vice president of university relations Steve Clark told Denson that the school was "not responsible for her very unfortunate sexual assault."

Riley, who is the head football coach at Nebraska, released a statement about the allegations against him and the Oregon State program, per freelance journalist David Ubben:

This is the second allegation of sexual assault against Oregon State from this time period, as Brenda Tracy came forward with her story to John Canzano of the Oregonian last November about an alleged incident from 1998. 

Riley had two different head coaching stints at Oregon State, from 1997-98 and 2003-14, before accepting the same position at Nebraska. He spent three seasons as a head coach in the NFL with the San Diego Chargers from 1999-2001.