[3] After she filing the report to the police, Seeberg received several frightening texts from a friend of the accused, including "Don't do anything you would regret, messing with Notre Dame football is a bad idea.
The university issued a statement saying "we have great sympathy for a grieving family that may believe our investigation was insufficient, but we also respectfully and wholeheartedly disagree with that contention.
[1] Prosecutors did not file criminal charges due to Lizzy not being alive to testify and also because of what they described as inconsistencies in witness accounts and cellphone records.
An expert from the police department told The Washington Post that victims often get some details mixed up because of the way the brain processes information in traumatic situations.
[1] At a closed door hearing held after the story made headlines in the national media, the accused football player was found "not responsible" and was not suspended from the team.