LSU responds to student athlete social media concerns
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - LSU Athletics is responding to concerns about one of their student athletes.
LSU Tigers posted the following statement to Twitter:
We are aware of the social media post concerning one of our student-athletes, and we are taking immediate and deliberate steps to address it. We will not condone behavior that is in violation of our core values and expectations of student conduct.
— LSU Tigers (@LSUsports) September 17, 2022
The university’s action comes after an intense backlash on social media following a tweet that surfaced where a young woman appears to be using a racial slur.
Some people have identified the young woman as a tennis player for the university. Officials at the school has not directly identified the student, nor have they tied the post to their statement that came out Saturday afternoon.
WAFB has reached out to LSU officials regarding more information on this matter, but we have not heard anything back.
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