Art Briles Can Face Trial for Negligence Claims Made by Former Baylor Student

A Texas federal judge has ruled former Baylor head coach Art Briles can stand trial for negligence. 

Per ESPN's Mark Schlabach, the ruling stems from claims made against Briles "by a former female student who was raped by football player Tevin Elliott in 2012."

United States District Judge Robert Pitman ruled Jasmin Hernandez will be allowed to proceed with her "Title IX and negligence claims against Baylor University and her negligence claim" against Briles and former Baylor athletic director Ian McCaw.

Pitman wrote in his ruling that "'disturbing' is an apt descriptor for allegations that (Briles and McCaw) put the interests of the football team or the reputation of the university ahead of other students' interest in not being sexually assaulted, ultimately leading to Plaintiff's own sexual assault by Elliott."

In 2014, Elliott was sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $10,000 for two counts of sexually assaulting a former Baylor student two years earlier. 

Briles spent eight years as head football coach at Baylor before the two sides reached a settlement in 2016 to terminate his contract.