LSU Athletics Responds To Rouses Co-Owner's Participation In DC Protest

The LSU Athletics department released a statement yesterday concerning a sponsor's connection to the violence in Washington, D.C. last week.

Rouses co-owner Donald Rouse, Sr. was photographed in the crowd at the Stop the Steal protest that preceded a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol.

The university said the photos were "deeply troubling," and condemned what it called an assault upon democratic ideals.

Rouse released a statement of his own saying that he left the rally "before the violence began," and said he was horrified by the riot that followed.