Washington: Kenneth Starr, the independent counsel who probed Bill Clinton in the affair that led presidential impeachment, was demoted Thursday from his post as a university president over the handling of sexual assault allegations against football players.
Starr was stripped of his post as president of Baylor University in Texas but will stay on as chancellor, the school's Board of Regents said.
The university in recent years has weathered sexual assault allegations against members of its football team, as well as criticism that it did not handle the cases properly.
An internal report launched in 2015 has ultimately found "fundamental failure" by the university in its handling of accusations against players.
The university also fired the football coach.
Starr became world famous in the 1990s as the independent counsel who investigated then president Clinton over his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
Starr's final report, which concluded that Clinton lied under oath during a deposition, served as the basis for the president's impeachment by the House of Representatives in 1998. Clinton was acquitted by the Senate in 1999.
Starr later served as a lawyer, university professor and dean before taking over as president of Baylor in 2010.
AFP
