Coach responds to reprimand: “The incidents that were reported I could not even imagine.”

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says a report by an Austin law firm hired by El Paso ISD to investigate hazing allegations in Franklin High School’s football program can be withheld from the public under the state's open records law.

The ruling stems from an ABC-7 open records request in March that sought all investigative reports related to allegations of misconduct and hazing involving members of the Franklin High School varsity football team.

Some information, such as the school's investigative report, was made public.

As ABC-7 was first to report, a school investigation revealed there was “inappropriate physical conduct linked to hazing” among teammates on the footba

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