It hurts to say this, but Bruin has a single valid point in all of this. Simply stated, IF the police informed Butch Jones of a suspected rape perpetrated by his players before searching the suspect's residence, that is wrong. I do not believe it is illegal or actionable in any way, but it is just poor investigating. If we assume that rape is a serious crime and further assume that we expect police to investigate, identify and apprehend rapists, tipping off a friend, family member, or close associate (e.g. coach) of the suspect does not fall within sound investigative protocol. If a player or players were flipping cars, partying too hard, or just causing general college/frat kid mayhem around the town, I would expect a call to the coach to say something to the effect of "we have a problem and you need to fix it before we have to." However, this is a rape investigation, not college kid Tom Foolery. All adult suspects (and these are adult suspects) of major felony offenses should be treated the same and all rapists should burn regardless of their athletic ability, business acumen or wealth. I have a problem with anything that compromises a valid investigation because that leads to wrongful acquittals and, worse, wrongful convictions (See Making a Murderer).
Now, this part is important. I do not believe that Butch Jones did anything wrong with what information he was provided, if any. The fact that potentially incriminating evidence was located in the apartment leads inexorably to the conclusion that Butch did not direct anyone to destroy evidence. As thorough as Butch is, I have to assume that if he decided to obstruct justice, he would have made sure it was done right. I also do not believe that this situation has any bearing on the Title IX lawsuit. If anything it is a blunder on the KPD's part. And don't give me any crap about the FSU-Tallahassee Police "parallel." The fact that the two (2) players in question, one of whom was a key/star player, have been charged and are awaiting trial shows that the UT-KPD relationship is nowhere near as cozy as what we have seen down in Tallahassee.
As a shout out to one of my favorite posters on this board, I shall now place a random emoticon to mark the end of this rant. :hi: