Art Briles has dropped his lawsuit against Baylor, his lawyer Ernest Cannon told KWTX-TV on Wednesday.
Briles sued his former employer for libel and conspiracy in December, claiming he was scapegoated for a rape scandal that was out of his hands. For its part, Baylor claimed Briles shirked his responsibility to report acts of sexual violence committed by his players.
Cannon, though, said Wednesday Briles was overburdened by the army of lawyers Baylor threw at him.
“All he wanted was his good name.” Cannon said.
“I’m sorry we didn’t get this resolved for all the Baylor people, so they could know the truth,” Cannon said.
“A man can only carry so much.”
“They overloaded him in an endless supply of money, lawyers, resources, and no restraints on anything they’ll do to achieve their goals,” Cannon said.
“Art wants some peace in his life for him and his family, and to put as much distance between him and his family and Baylor as he can, and I wholeheartedly agree with him.”
In a surely unrelated note, a lawsuit was brought forth against Baylor on Friday claiming a total of 52 rapes were committed by Bears football players during Briles’s 8-year run as head coach.