AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas has been named in a lawsuit where prosecutors said parents paid bribes to ensure their children’s admission.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco by two California college students, involves seven other schools: Stanford University, University of Southern California, UCLA, the University of San Diego, Wake Forest University, Yale University and Georgetown University.
The college admissions scam investigation said that people associated with various athletic teams at each of those schools were involved in getting students admission.
The following day, the university announced Center has been fired from the school.
J.B. Bird, a spokesperson for the University of Texas, sent KVUE the following statement on Thursday: