Josh Shaw: USC Investigating Claims that the Cornerback Did Not Sprain Ankle Saving Nephew [UPDATE]
Last night, our site shared a story from USCTrojans.com saying that highly-touted cornerback Josh Shaw had suffered a high ankle sprain jumping off a balcony to rescue his nephew from drowning. According to Scott Wolf of the L.A. Daily News, the school is now investigating the veracity of the story:
Steve Sarkisian said #USC has gotten calls today contradicting Josh Shaw story
— InsideUSC (@InsideUSC) August 26, 2014
Sarkisian said #USC will investigate Josh Shaw story. Shaw unavailable to media
— InsideUSC (@InsideUSC) August 26, 2014
I heard late last night doubts within the program over Josh Shaw story #USC
— InsideUSC (@InsideUSC) August 26, 2014
Sources told me incident did not involve family party or rescuing nephew from pool. #USC investigating claims
— InsideUSC (@InsideUSC) August 26, 2014
We will not rush to judgment, but if the story were made up, that would obviously be terrible. Our site will pass along more information as it becomes available.
Update: In the video up-top, USC head coach Steve Sarkisian says: “Josh Shaw, first and foremost is a good person. He’s a good kid. He came to us with what occurred Saturday night, and I have no reason or history to not believe Josh’s story. Obviously, within the last few hours or so, we’ve gotten a few phone calls contradicting what Josh said Saturday night. We’re going to continue to vet it. Beyond that, I only know what I know. Josh is adamant with what occurred, and we’ll continue to vet some of the other stories.”