Why Is a Suspect in the Vanderbilt Rape Case Talking to Athletes About Sexual Assault?

On Monday, Louisiana State University’s athletics department sent an email to administrators inviting them to a talk for athletes on the issue of sexual assault. Eventually, the email landed in the inboxes of some faculty members, who were alarmed at the identity of one of the speakers.
 
Brandon E. Banks is one of four former Vanderbilt University football players who have been criminally charged for their roles in an alleged rape in a dorm room in June 2013. Two of those former players have been convicted of multiple counts of aggravated rape and other charges. Mr. Banks’s trial is scheduled to start in June.