Krakauer: Court ruling on privacy hurts right to know
Jul 9, 2019 | 11:43 AM
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HELENA, Mont. — Jon Krakauer says a court ruling that denies him documents detailing how a University of Montana quarterback’s expulsion over a rape allegation was overturned may set a precedent that harms the public’s ability to access government records.
The author of “Into Thin Air” and “Into the Wild” made his first public comments about last week’s 4-3 ruling by the Montana Supreme Court by email to The Associated Press.
The court said former quarterback Jordan Johnson’s privacy as a student outweighed Krakauer’s right to know what action Montana’s higher education commissioner took to reverse Johnson’s expulsion over the 2012 allegation.
Johnson was later acquitted in state court.
