San Jose State must pay $1.6 million after trainer abused women athletes, DOJ finds

San Jose State University must pay at least $1.6 million to women athletes sexually abused by its longtime sports medicine director, after a U.S. Department of Justice investigation confirmed Tuesday that school officials violated Title IX by mishandling their complaints.

The DOJ investigation found that San Jose State “failed for more than a decade to respond adequately to reports of sexual harassment, including sexual assault,” by female athletes against former director of sports medicine Scott Shaw. As a result, additional women athletes continued to endure Shaw’s abuse until as recently as last year.