Oregon State sues AP to stifle request in volleyball case

In this undated file photo, Oregon State University volleyball coach Mark Barnard poses for a photo in Corvallis, Ore. Oregon State leaders are suing to block disclosure of details about an investigation of abuse allegations in their volleyball program, even as they tout a refreshed mission for transparency in wake of their president’s resignation over the handling of sexual-misconduct cases at another school. Meanwhile, the school is pressing forward with a lawsuit to prevent disclosing details about an internal investigation of the volleyball program and its current coach, Mark Barnard, who critics say has been running an emotionally exploitative program.( Godofredo Vasquet/Albany Democrat-Herald via AP, File)

FILE - In this June 26, 2013, file photo, then-California State University, Long Beach president F. King Alexander holds one of his weekly meetings with university vice presidents in his office in Long Beach, Calif. Oregon State leaders are suing to block disclosure of details about an investigation of abuse allegations in their volleyball program. The move is underway even as the leaders tout their mission for transparency in the wake of their president’s resignation for his oversight of sexual-misconduct cases at another school. The school’s trustees accepted F. King Alexander’s resignation this week after details came to light about the way his former school, LSU, mishandled sexual-misconduct cases during his tenure. (Axel Koester/The Advocate via AP, File)

FILE - Reagan's Kyla Waiters, right, spikes the ball past Johnson defenders during a Texas District 26-6A high school volleyball match in San Antonio, Texas, in this Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, file photo. Oregon State leaders are suing to block disclosure of details about an investigation of abuse allegations in their volleyball program, even as they tout a refreshed mission for transparency in wake of their president’s resignation over the handling of sexual-misconduct cases at another school. “I’m guessing there’s something in those records that they don’t want out,” said Dorina Waiters, whose daughter, Kyla, left Oregon State after a year on the volleyball team triggered depression that led to suicidal thoughts. (Ron Cortes/The San Antonio Express-News via AP, File)