San Jose State University will pay $1.6 million to student athletes who reported sexual harassment and assault cases on campus, according to a settlement with the U.S Attorney’s Office and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced Tuesday.
The department conducted an investigation of the university under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 after female student athletes said an athletic trainer repeatedly initiated sexual touching during treatments on campus, which began as early as 2009.
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