University of Utah Agrees to $13.5M Settlement With Family of Slain Runner

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The school admits its errors in the 21-year-old heptathlete’s death two years after she was killed.

The University of Utah has settled its case with the family of Lauren McCluskey, a 21-year-old heptathlete who wasThe family will receive a settlement of $13.5 million, and the university admitted that McCluskey’s death was “preventable,” according to theAdditionally, the school will create an indoor athletic center in Lauren’s name and for the creation of a McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention.

“The university acknowledges and deeply regrets that it did not handle Lauren’s case as it should have and that, at the time, its employees failed to fully understand and respond appropriately to Lauren's situation,” Watkins said. “As a result, we failed Lauren and her family.” Earlier in October 2018, McCluskey discovered Roland’s real identity—a 37-year-old convicted sex offender on parole. She broke off the relationship, but Rowland spent the following two weeks sending her text messages, posing as friends saying he had been killed in an accident, and stalking her at her dormitory, coming with a pistol that he showed to other students.

 

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I saw a pic of him. Her fault. Blame herself for hanging with who she was hanging with. No need to read the story. Just see his pic and see she screwed up.

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