yeah, it can be pretty hard in domestic abuse situations to really know what to make of things. There are two sides to every story.

That said, most victims of domestic abuse do not report it - or at least not the first instance. In this case, it seems she felt comfortable with his coach or his mom or her coach, and when they all ignored it, she eventually went to the police, but didn't want to press charges.

If you read his comments, maybe he told her it would ruin his NFL future (and therefore their future) if she did. I dunno.

Cops really should be required to investigate these things even if she doesn't press charges. They usually do honestly because it's commonly understood that battered women will often choose to not press charges.

The Title IX office is required to investigate. But of the multiple people at Baylor that knew of this, either none of them bothered to go thru the proper channels or the Title IX office failed in its duty.

That does not make him guilty or her side more compelling than his. An investigation merely provides a lens into the relationship that a bunch of quotes to Joe Schad won't.

Without being privy to whatever evidence is left, we don't know who's really telling the truth. But more than likely (as it's usually the case), both are spinning a story that casts themselves in the most favorable light. But the primary reason we don't know the truth here is because a bunch of adults who both of them trusted turned a blind eye to the situation or felt they, as coaches, were the proper people to mediate or counsel them.

Maybe a guy like Lebby just doesn't know much about domestic violence. Maybe he let his relationship with Chafin cloud his judgement and he believed one side of the story or felt Chafin didn't look like a wife beater (what do they look like really?).

But when combined with all the other information out there, this appears like another example of not wanting to know the truth because the truth might be bad for business.