re: Mizzou Admits They F*cked Up Sexual Assault Case of Student Athlete

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Whether Anderson (or anyone else other than health care providers) knew of the rape prior to her death is debatable and, in the grand scheme of things, irrelevant other than as a thought exercise.

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As to what was said during the call, Meghan Anderson is adamant that Sasha Menu
Courey did not tell her she had been “raped.” She is very confident that had she heard that word,
she would have reacted strongly and known exactly what she would have needed to do (which,
in her understanding was to report it to her superiors). She likewise stated, she did not hear
anything about a sexual assault. Rather, she recalls Sasha telling her that she was hesitant to
return to school because “bad things had happened there.” Ms. Anderson assumed that the “bad
things” were Sasha Menu Courey’s attempts to take her own life. She stated that she did not
hear anything that suggested Sasha Menu Courey was sexually assaulted. Because she believed
she knew what the “bad things” were, she did not ask about them during the call. The
conversation also involved a discussion of Sasha’s alternatives for the next school year.

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The interview of Meghan Anderson was conducted by Jim Martin and Ed Dowd, who
between them have over 40 years of experience in investigative interviews. Both found Ms.
Anderson to be very credible in her demeanor and description of the events. There was nothing
observed during the interview which indicated that she was being less than fully honest.

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Ms. Anderson was convincing that she knew she would be obligated to report the assault
if she had heard Sasha mention a sexual assault.
Also noteworthy in assessing the dialogue between Sasha and Ms. Anderson, Sasha
Menu Courey’s May 12 diary entry states that during the call, Meghan Anderson “didn’t talk to
me in a sympathetic way and for that I am so grateful.” Sasha Menu Courey’s May 12 diary 18

entry also ends with a statement about Meghan Anderson that “[s]he is quite an incredible
person. She is really kind and caring and she goes above and beyond to help her student-athletes
exceed.” This description of Meghan Anderson was confirmed by multiple interviews. Both
based on multiple interviews of people who knew Meghan Anderson and from the Meghan
Anderson interview itself, Ms. Anderson’s personality does not appear to be the type that would
fail to “talk in a sympathetic way” if she had actually understood that a person she clearly cared
about informed her that she had been raped.
We also talked to the friend/co-worker with wh

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