UNC’s Office of Student Affairs has concluded its investigation into the incident that took place on August 4 at the Aloft Hotel on East 54 – and the matter is now in the hands of the student-led Honor Court.
The incident in question involved the UNC football team. Yahoo Sports first reported that walk-on redshirt freshman wide receiver Jackson Boyer claimed he’d been assaulted by several teammates, leaving him with a concussion. Accounts of the incident have varied – it’s been described as a hazing incident and as a fight over a girl, involving anywhere from two to 16 players. But head football coach Larry Fedora did suspend four players for the team’s first game of the season, for unspecified violations of team rules.
UNC’s Department of Public Safety confirmed this week that they did receive a report of an aggravated assault at the Aloft Hotel. DPS chief Jeff McCracken passed the information along to Chapel Hill Police, but a Chapel Hill PD spokesperson said they did not act on it because there was not enough information in the report.
The Office of Student Affairs undertook its own investigation, though, which wrapped up earlier this week. UNC released a statement which read in part:
“The Office of Student Affairs has completed its investigation. On Wednesday (Sept. 10), the Dean of Students and the Office of Student Conduct provided the results of that investigation to the Student Attorney General as the next step in the student-led Honor System. The Student Attorney General receives reports of possible student behavior violations and independently determines whether to file disciplinary charges.
“Because of the University’s commitment to protect the privacy rights of students and to protect the integrity of the ongoing process, the University will offer no additional comment at this time.”
WCHL will continue to follow this story as it develops.
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