WACO, Texas -- Former Baylor coach Art Briles and former Baylor athletic director Ian McCaw can stand trial for negligence, a Texas federal judge ruled on Friday, calling the allegations against the two "disturbing" in his ruling.

ESPN's Mark Schlabach reported the news first that United States District Judge Robert Pitman ruled former Baylor student Jasmin Hernandez can proceed with her Title IX and negligence claims against Baylor University and a negligence claim against Briles and McCaw, who is now the athletic director at Liberty.

Hernandez was raped by Baylor football player Tevin Elliott in 2012, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2014 for sexual assault.

Briles was Baylor's coach for eight years before he was fired in May 2016.

From Pitman's ruling: "'disturbing' is an apt descriptor for allegations that (Briles and McCaw) put the interests of the football team or the reputation of the university ahead of other students' interest in not being sexually assaulted, ultimately leading to Plaintiff's own sexual assault by Elliott."