Supreme Court allows 1-year Shannon suspension
The Oklahoma State Supreme Court lifted a Norman judge’s stay of OU’s one-year suspension of LB Frank Shannon, in a 5-2 decision issued Monday. The ruling allows the university to enforce its suspension of Shannon, removing him from both classroom and football field.
Shannon was suspended one year by OU after he was found by the university to have violated the school’s sexual misconduct policy. A female student alleged that Shannon sexually assaulted her at his off-campus apartment in late January; however, she refused to press charges and the district attorney declined to prosecute.
Shannon was the team’s leading tackler last season. He has been held out of the first two games of the season pending the court action.
The university had appealed Cleveland County District Judge Tracy Schumacher’s order staying enforcement of the suspension. The Supreme Court ruled that Schumacher lacked jurisdiction to review the university’s disciplinary decision and dissolved the stay.