Patrick J. Witt

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'Joke' Rape Film Sparks UConn Uproar

Video scrubbed from UCTV following protests

(Newser) - What is it with New England universities? Just days after news broke that a sex assault accusation may have scuttled a Yale quarterback's chance at a Rhodes Scholarship comes word of a "joke" rape video aired on the University of Connecticut's student broadcast network. The "comedy...

Yale Daily News Sat on QB Sex Assault Story

And considered calling for a private jet to be hired for Patrick Witt

(Newser) - The Patrick Witt sex assault story gets messier: The Yale Daily News, which was just last year named the one of the gutsiest campus newspapers , knew for months that the Yale quarterback and onetime Rhodes candidate had been accused of sexual assault, but sat on the story. On Jim Romenesko'...

Sex Attack Claim Axed Rhodes Bid by Yale Star

Patrick J. Witt had said he decided to skip final interview to play against Harvard

(Newser) - It turns out Yale's star quarterback didn't have to make a wrenching decision after all when he turned his back on a potential Rhodes Scholarship. Patrick J. Witt announced late last year that after much agony he opted to skip his final interview for the prestigious award and...

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