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The complete story: USC Song Girls investigation

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Ten former USC Song Girls described to The Times a toxic culture within the famed collegiate dance team that included longtime former coach Lori Nelson rebuking women publicly for their eating habits, personal appearance and sex lives.

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USC president Carol Folt (in red), center, poses with Lori Nelson (pink blouse) and the USC Song Girls.

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USC’s Song Girls investigation has echoes in a 2016 Title IX complaint against the school

The USC Song Girls program and longtime coach Lori Nelson were the subject of a 2016 Title IX investigation, which turned up insufficient evidence that Nelson violated university policies.
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Team portrait including Adrianna Robakowski (third from right in bottom row) and Josie Bullen (second from right in top row).
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Song Girls coach Lori Nelson’s response to 2016 Title IX complaint

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USC’s Song Girls project a glamorous ideal; 10 women describe a different, toxic reality

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Las integrantes de Song Girls de USC ofrecen un ideal glamuroso; 10 mujeres narran una realidad diferente y tóxica

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Ex-Song Girls coach accuses USC of discrimination, harassment; rejects Title IX probe

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La exentrenadora de las Song Girls acusa a USC de discriminación y acoso

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