Clinton's Nemesis Loses Job In College Scandal

Admitting it mishandled campus sex assault complaints, a Texas college has demoted its president, Kenneth Starr, who was ex-US President Bill Clinton's nemesis.

Mr Starr, a former prosecutor who in 1998 investigated Mr Clinton's relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, will vacate the school's role on 31 May.

The college in the city of Waco said Mr Starr, who took over as its president in 2010, will stay on as chancellor.

The board of regents at Baylor, which is the nation's largest Baptist university, has also fired its football coach, Art Briles, and placed athletic director, Ian McCaw, on probation.

The reshuffle was announced on Thursday, as Baylor issued a scathing report over its handling of complaints against players.

After the university was accused of mishandling cases in which football players were accused of attacking women, Mr Starr asked a law firm last year to look into the matter.

"The choices made by football staff and athletics leadership, in some instances, posed a risk to campus safety and the integrity of the University," the firm's report stated.

The university said the review had exposed "a fundamental failure" in which staff created a perception that "football was above the rules".

Mr Starr ordered the review after former football player Sam Ukwuachu was convicted of sexually assaulting a female soccer player.

The school is also being sued by a former student claiming the college was "deliberately indifferent" to rape allegations against a former football player, Tevin Elliott, who was convicted in 2014 of sexually assaulting the woman.

In a February statement issued by the university, Mr Starr said "our hearts break for those whose lives are impacted by execrable acts of sexual violence".

Earlier this week, Mr Starr praised Mr Clinton's "redemptive" philanthropic work since leaving the White House.