Posted almost four hours later than expected, the fourth installment in Sports Illustrated's five-part examination of Oklahoma State football detailed allegations of players having sex with hostesses and other women while on recruiting visits.
More than a dozen Cowboys who played from 2001 to 2011 told SI that a small number of Orange Pride members had sexual relations with them or with other prospects during recruiting visits. The magazine did not name any women who allegedly had sex with recruits.
The article alleges the group of hostesses aided in recruiting and became a key contributor to the program's rise under former coach Les Miles and current coach Mike Gundy.
SI reports Orange Pride membership more than tripled under Miles and there was an added emphasis on having attractive and outgoing women.
According to the story, none of the former players or Orange Pride members interviewed said they were aware of a coach or staffer instructing a hostess to have sex with a recruit.
One player accused former assistant Joe DeForest of expressing disappointment in him for not helping a recruit "get laid."
The story does not say whether any of the 14 former Orange Pride members interviewed by SI admitted to having sex with recruits but quotes two who said they were aware of others in the group doing so.
Additionally, four former players reported teammates "regularly took recruits to another female student who gave them oral sex."
George Dohrmann, who along with fellow SI senior writers Thayer Evans and Melissa Segura wrote Friday's story, spoke about the allegations of sex being used to help in recruiting during an interview on CBS Sports Radio.
"It may not shock people, but I think it's worth pointing out, this is what a football factory does," Dohrmann said. "They use women in this way."
Ronni Grigsby, who was not contacted by SI, said she never felt used sexually by the OSU football program while an Orange Pride member from 2007 to 2009.
"They may have used me in the sense of being an attractive female, but I don't feel that was out of bounds," she said. "I felt like it was just making a positive look for the university.
"I didn't feel like I had to be a slut to be part of this organization. I think it was the opposite of that. They encouraged us to behave in a very mindful way of OSU."
Grigsby said she never had any one-on-one interaction with recruits or spent time with them off-campus.
"I'm sure there are some girls that did have contact with them (outside campus settings), but that was never a requirement," she said. " ... The only time I ever interacted with recruits was on game days."
OSU football investigation
On Monday, Oklahoma State announced the hiring of Charles E. Smrt to lead an independent review of alleged misconduct in the OSU football program.
