Dennehy's father files lawsuit

Efforts by Baylor athlete Patrick Dennehy to expose wrongdoing in the university's basketball program resulted in "violent threats" against him and a cover-up that led to his murder, the player's father said in a wrongful-death lawsuit filed Friday.

"Despite his best efforts, Patrick's fears became reality on or about June 16, 2003, when he was lured to his death by another Baylor basketball player," lawyers for Patrick Dennehy Sr. said in the lawsuit.

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and names Baylor University, former basketball coach Dave Bliss, school President Robert Sloan, former athletic director Tom Stanton and others associated with the program and the school.

-- AP