From Notre Dame’s official statement on the apparent hoaxing of their star player by a woman pretending to be his online girlfriend:
“While the proper authorities will continue to investigate this troubling matter, this appears to be, at a minimum, a sad and very cruel deception.”
From Notre Dame’s football coach’s official statement on the suicide of a nineteen-year-old who had nine days earlier reported being sexually assaulted by a member of his team:
“I am not going to get into the specifics.”
You can read the full statements by Notre Dame and their football coach on the death of Lizzy Seeberg here. Neither expresses sorrow, regret, or anger at her death.
The player alleged to have sexually assaulted Seeberg was never disciplined by the team or the school. He remains on the team today, and played in its national championship game last week.
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January 16, 2013 at 11:51 pm
Iris
The contrast breaks my heart. RIP Lizzy Seeberg.
Thank you for your post about this.
January 18, 2013 at 12:43 pm
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