Parents of slain Baylor player
set for lawsuit against school
Patrick Dennehy’s body
was found in Waco, Texas
six weeks after being fatally
shot by a teammate in June
By Jeff Caplan
Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT)
FORT WORTH 1, Texas - Ihe moth
er and stepfather of slain basketball
player Patrick Dennehy said they have
hired an attorney and plan to file a
lawsuit against Baylor University.
Valorie and Brian Brabazon, who
live in Carson City, Nev., have re
tained Jim Skinner of the Dallas
based law firm Pezzulli Kinser.
Skinner said he will visit with the
Brabazons in Nevada next week.
"We're evaluating their potential
claims at this point, and we do antic
ipate filing suit against Baylor Uni
versity," Skinner said Thursday.
"Outside of that 1 wouldn't feel com
fortable with any kind of comment
with respect to what kind of case it
would be or claim or where it would
be or anything else at this point."
The civil suit would be the sec
ond filed against Baylor in the af
termath of Dennehy's death. On
Aug. 22, Pat Dennehy, Sr., Den
nehy's biological father, filed a
wrongful death suit in Houston. It
named Baylor, former coach Dave
Bliss, school President Robert
Sloan, former Athletic Director
Tom Stanton and members of the
Baylor University Board of Regents,
including Houston Astros owner
Drayton McLane.
Skinner said he could not di
vulge individuals who might be
named in the Brabazons' lawsuit
and that it will be separate from
Dennehy's civil suit.
Baylor general counsel Noley
Bice said Thursday that he was not
aware of the possible lawsuit.
"Since we have not seen anything,
we are not in a position to com
ment on any alleged lawsuit."
Patrick Dennehy disappeared in
mid-June, and his body was found
nearly sue weeks later near a gravel
pit southeast of Waco. An autopsy
revealed he had been shot twice in
the head. Former teammate Carl
ton Dotson was arrested on July 21
in his home state, Maryland. Dot
son was jailed for three months be
fore being extradited to Waco last
week. He has pleaded not guilty to
killing Dennehy.
Last week, Daniel Cartwright, an
attorney for Dennehy's father, told
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that
his investigation shows that Den
nehy was killed by someone other
than Dotson.
In his lawsuit, Patrick Dennehy,
Sr. says that his son became the tar
get of violent threats after saying he
might expose wrongdoing in the
Baylor men's basketball program.
The suit says Dennehy was "lured
to his death" by another player but
does not identify the player. The
suit claims that Baylor, Bliss, re
gents and others conspired to cov
er up information about Dennehy's
death and concealed illegal activi
ties in the athletic department.
Brian Brabazon said he, too, be
lieves that Baylor is attempting to
cover up information.
"I know there is a cover-up going
on," he said. "That's just a gut feel
ing. I don't have anything to prove
it, but there's something going on."
1 le said he wants the truth exposed.
"The compensation I want is I
want Baylor brought down," Brian
Brabazon said. "I want the truth to
come out. It can't go on like this.
There's something behind it, and 1
just hope the truth comes out.
That's all 1 want."
Baylor officials have declined to
comment on the allegations in
Patrick Dennehy, Sr.'s lawsuit, refer
ring questions to Bice.
Bice has said that the allegations
do not merit a response because
they do not include details or
named sources.
(c) 2003, Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Distributed by Knight Ridder/
Tribune Information Services.
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