Thread by @TexasTribune

1/ Ken Starr joined Trump’s impeachment defense team, leading to renewed scrutiny about his tenure at Baylor.

Here’s what you should know about his time at Baylor, which was rocked by scandal over how the administration handled sexual assault cases. bit.ly/2ReFjlE

2/ Starr became the president of Baylor in 2010.

@nytimes reports that the university’s regents voted to remove him after six years on the job, saying he failed to act as charges of sexual assault upended the football team and swept the university. nyti.ms/38rKNPP

@nytimes 3/ The sexual assault scandal broke the year before Starr left the university, when former football player Sam Ukwuachu was convicted of raping a member of the women’s soccer team. bit.ly/36axj9G

@nytimes 4/ Testimony in Sam Ukwuachu’s trial revealed Baylor had investigated the allegations against him but did not take punitive action. bit.ly/36axj9G

@nytimes 5/ And a motion filed in federal court in 2017 claimed that Ken Starr and other school officials helped a student they knew had been accused of sexual harassment. bit.ly/36axj9G

@nytimes 6/ Two months after Waco’s 10th Court of Appeals reversed Ukwuachu's conviction for a second time, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals agreed to review the lower court’s decision again last year.

Here’s more about the latest on this from @wacotrib: bit.ly/2NPAflL

@nytimes @wacotrib 7/ Ukwuachu’s case unleashed a wave of additional sexual assault allegations made by female students, and an investigation by an outside law firm retained by the university found a pervasive mishandling of sexual assault cases. bit.ly/2ReFjlE

@nytimes @wacotrib 8/ A public summary of the firm’s report released by the university didn’t highlight specific actions by Starr, but criticized Baylor for not having the proper procedures in place to respond to complaints of sexual violence or give support to victims. bit.ly/36axj9G

@nytimes @wacotrib 9/ In a 2016 interview with @evanasmith, Starr pushed back against the notion that the school — or its athletic department — had systemic problems handling sexual assault investigations. bit.ly/3asXnjD

@nytimes @wacotrib @evanasmith 10/ In an interview that same year with @kwtx, Starr changed his answer to a question about his knowledge of a student's rape allegation after being interrupted by his public relations adviser. bit.ly/2RBSaNP

@nytimes @wacotrib @evanasmith @kwtx 11/11 For more, read @jessicawluther and @dansolomon's 2015 investigation in @texasmonthly: bit.ly/37ell00