believe? her story of violence? >> he put his hands around my neck and a box cutter to my throat and said i'll kill you right now. >> or his story of being pushed to it. >> you don't know and someone is pushing me and saying hit me either. you don't know that. >> what isn't up for debate is threats recorded on tape. >> bust through your window with a shotgun coming right at you. that's what i should take away, something that matters to you like your mom. >> she woke up i don't know how many times screaming in the night don't kill my mom, don't kill my mom. >> now his interrogation tapes. >> i'll cut your face up so nobody will ever want you again. >> text messages from his wife. >> i'm asking woman to woman to not make anything worse for us. >> and the mind games she says she had to use to stay safe. how could he force you to say i love you? >> it's easy when you're trying to protect your life. >> here now is deborah roberts. >> reporter: this is every track and field star's dream. >> i'm baillie gibson, and i'm a track and field champion. >> reporter: but baillie gibson's story is not one of olympic glory, but rather a twisted tale of a promising athlete, her mercurial coach, and the dark side of college athletics, and it's resulted in criminal charges, lawsuits and countersuits. >> you have to realize the threats he made to me. your only goal, is what can i do to make sure that i live one more day? >> reporter: 25-year-old baillie gibson hails from casper, wyoming. known as much for its oil rigs as it is for its cowboys, but as a child baillie would just as soon skip the rodeo, and rough-house with her two older brothers. >> a lot of sports and being outside and camping, fishing, you know, all the outdoorsy stuff, volleyball, basketball, track, and softball. >> sports in the family blood? >> definitely in the family blood. i don't know any better, like, so. i love you. >> i love you. >> reporter: her parents, billie joe and bernie gibson say they always knew their daughter was a gifted athlete, sturdy, supple & strong as a shortstop, but they were as surprised as anyone to see her excel at a tough track event. the shot put. >> she would do track to stay in shape to get ready for softball, and then the coach said, hey why don't you try throwing, and she threw and they went, oh you're not a runner, you're a thrower. it just escalated from there. >> the adrenaline you felt before you got in the ring. it was just like a high of like kind of -- it's you. >> baillie gibson, a huge favorite, she throws so far it goes past the screen. i couldn't keep up with her. >> in high school you began to excel? >> all four years i was state champ, and then in shot-put i was three years state champ. >> reporter: a record setter in both the discus and shot-put. >> baillie gibson is going to win the shot put. she's going deep. 44 feet. >> reporter: espn's john barr has been covering baillie gibson story since last year. >> by the time she was a senior, baillie gibson could throw a discus further than all but one other woman in the entire country. >> gibson firing away, the best in wyoming, ranked 2nd in the nation. >> what did you start to think this would be for you? >> i had this big huge dream of going to the olympics and how cool it would be. i wanted to work that much harder to make it to the olympics. >> she had the power. she just worked hard every day. she threw. >> you're talking about a girl that when practice is over, it wasn't over for her. she'd stay, and she'd throw, and she'd throw, and she'd throw. it was her life and she loved it. she loved the game, and college recruiters loved her, one in particular from a division 1 powerhouse in multiple sports, the university of arizona. >> craig carter came to the home of baillie gibson's parents, sat down, spoke with her, spoke with her parents, and basically explained to them why the university of arizona was a good fit for her. >> baillie's high school coach was one of my athletes, and she calls me and says, hey, i got this thrower started watching her, and she was probably one of the best athletes i've ever been around. >> craig carter? how did he come across to you? what'd you think of him? >> i thought he was a great guy, he has good family morals. he pretty much said he was going to be like a father figure, like he's going to take care of whatever you need, and help you through anything. >> he says, i'll treat her like she was my daughter. i won't let anything happen to her. it's just something that a father is thinking, well maybe this is good. in fact, coach carter is a married, father of four himself. he brings baillie to tuscon, and u of arizona for a visit. >> and you stepped on that campus. >> that's pretty much where i knew, right when i like got to arizona, i was like oh, i can train all year round. i have a great group of girls that i train with, and guys, and i was just like i, this is the place i want to go. so it's kind of like, you know right when you get to a certain place like where you want to go to school. one of the girls on the team she meets is canadian julie lebonte who was also recruited by coach carter. >> what did you think of coach carter when you met him? >> i thought he was a really, really nice guy. he was trying to be very friendly, and since i'm from a french background, he was trying to make little french jokes with celine dion and stuff like that. i thought it was pretty funny. >> reporter: julie and baillie hit it off, and coach carter is a hit with both of them. baillie signs on to become an arizona wildcat, and there is cash attached, a full scholarship. coach carter would later boast how he lobbied his boss to get her on the team. >> to be able to get her was huge. i kept telling him, man, this girl's going to be good. >> when she first arrives at u of a in fall 2010, baillie's laser focused on athletics, spending all her time practicing and weight training. she even picks up a new event, the hammer. >> they're all better than you. so you're like ok i got to step my game up. i got to practice harder because i wanted to be good. i wanted to be great. >> what about the relationship with coach carter? how was that building as you were getting to know him? >> it was really good my first year and a half. he was very supportive. he was always there. >> i can teach you girls how to golf. >> there you go. >> yeah. >> through the low point. >> reporter: but it's during that second year that baillie and some teammates say they noticed a dramatic change in their coach, things like short fuses and fits of anger. >> he had a lot of mood swings, and then he would bounce back from one emotion to another emotion. >> he just got angrier, like, he would get upset if we would talk, like about the weekend or something in practice. >> so he was having these mood swings and they were pretty intense . >> carter was withdrawn, he would just go through these dark periods, and then they said he would go through these periods where he was joking around with them, and fully engaged, and you never knew which craig carter was going to show up. >> reporter: julie says the female throwers become so fed up with coach carter's erratic behavior, they complained to his boss, head coach fred harvey, and at a team meeting called out carter's actions directly to his face. >> you tell us you're a father figure, but we don't need a father figure. you know, we have a father. we need a coach. >> how did he react during this meeting? 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[ laughter ] not at all. >> reporter: she says carter tells her they had sex in the backseat of his car, and what's more, he's got the pictures to prove it. >> what were the pictures? give me a sense of what you saw of yourself. >> me laying there with no clothes on. in the backseat of a car. >> reporter: so they were pictures of him having sex with you. >> yeah, intercourse. >> what's your, what's your reaction when he's showing these pictures to you? >> i want to puke. i'm like devastated. >> what did he say to you next? >> and he's like if you tell anyone like, i'll send these pictures out and show what a whore you are and a slut. >> and you believed him. >> yeah cause i didn't know anything else. i -- and i didn't want my body to be everywhere, or to lose my scholarship, and go back to my hometown feeling like a failure. >> reporter: she says the 4 hour flight back to tuscon's a blur, and when she returns to campus, she says it's not just the fear over her coach's alleged threats keeping her up at night, there's also shame. >> i thought it was my fault. i was like what did i do? why would i ever do that? like, that's not who i am. that's not what i'm like, about. >> does it occur to you to maybe call your parents? >> i wanted to, but, i was scared what they would think. i don't want to look bad in their eyes. >> reporter: but coach carter tells a remarkably different story about the nature of their relationship and how it began -- he says baillie initiated, instigated and actively pursued a sexual relationship with him, alleging she viewed him as a prized conquest. >> she's like i just want to have sex whenever you want to have sex just for fun. >> reporter: soon he says the sex talk turns into action, a physical and consensual relationship. but however it began it's not going to end well. baillie heads home to wyoming for the summer. but even 1,000 miles away she claims carter is making insidious demands insisting she text nude pictures of herself or else he'll share those compromising photos. >> you didn't say anything to your parents? >> nope. >> is it difficult for you keeping that secret? >> yeah. it's hard when you can't tell the people you love what's really going on with you. >> reporter: when she arrives back on campus she says coach carter calling her to his office. >> he's like you didn't tell anyone? no i didn't tell anybody and he's like good because we're going to have sex more and i was like i don't want that. >> reporter: are you thinking of maybe robeeporting him to the university? >> i thought about that. what are they going to say? well, you wanted it. >> reporter: your word against his? >> yeah, he's got the power. >> reporter: how often were you seeing each other sexually? >> like twice, three times a week. he would send a text, 7:00 team office. >> reporter: carter would insist there was a genuine emotional bond between them. >> i don't know how he didn't pick up i did not want him. >> reporter: back in wyoming baillie's parents are concerned when their third year college student is home sick. >> she started to want to come home a lot. she would show up. surprise. and i thought well she just needs to come home. she misses home. but then when she would get a phone call and run to the other room, like, who is that? she says it's coach. i said so what's the coach saying? he's got to talk to me telling me my workouts. i just shrugged it off and thought it was kind of weird. >> did she seem her usual self around that time? >> i noticed she was more like down on herself. she was not as like the miley baillie i knew. >> how was her relationship with coach carter, anything any different? >> they would butt heads a lot. she would say i'm not allowed to talk about practice. he told me i'm not allowed to smile and i thought that was very, very weird. >> the coach told her that? >> yes. that was weird to me because he didn't say anything along those lines to any of the other athletes. >> coming up, baillie says she finds the courage to call a halt to the arrangement but her coach won't take no for an answer. >> he grabbed you and put a box cutter to your throat? >> yes. >> what's going on in your mind? >> i'm not going to make it out alive. >> stay with us. and have difficulty concentrating. trintellix is a prescription medication for depression. it may help you take a step forward in improving your depression. tell your healthcare professional right away if your depression worsens, or you have unusual changes in mood, behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens and young adults. do not take with maois. tell your healthcare professional about your medications, including migraine, psychiatric and depression medications, to avoid a potentially life-threatening condition. increased risk of bleeding or bruising may occur, especially if taken with nsaid pain relievers, aspirin or blood thinners. manic episodes or vision problems may occur in some people. may cause low sodium levels. the most common side effects were nausea, constipation and vomiting. ask your healthcare professional if it's time for a change to trintellix. at carmax, everything is honest prices are clearly marked and sales associates get paid the same no matter what car you buy. it's all out in the open. just like your ventriloquism. ♪ you may be at increased risk for pneumococcal pneumonia, that can take you out of the game for weeks, even if you're healthy. pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious bacterial lung disease that in severe cases can lead to hospitalization. it may hit quickly, without warning, causing you to miss out on the things you enjoy most. prevnar 13® is not a treatment for pneumococcal pneumonia... it's a vaccine you can get to help protect against it. prevnar 13® is approved for adults to help prevent infections from 13 strains of the bacteria that cause pneumococcal pneumonia. you should not receive prevnar 13® if you have had a severe allergic reaction to the vaccine or its ingredients. if you have a weakened immune system, you may have a lower response to the vaccine. the most common side effects were pain, redness and swelling at the injection site, limited arm movement, fatigue, headache, muscle pain, joint pain, less appetite, vomiting, fever, chills, and rash. help protect yourself against pneumococcal pneumonia. ask your doctor or pharmacist about prevnar 13®. >> reporter: this looks like an ordinary office but baillie gibson claims for more than two years it was a place of torture where her coach craig carter coerced her into countless sexual encounters. baillie tells no one. she turns to food to help her cope. >> i ate. that's my comfort as eating. that's kind of my comfort is eating, and i got heavier, and i didn't really sleep a lot, so i was very depressed. i had to act somewhat normal, but inside i was just dying. >> what was the lowest point for you? >> when i was totally done with like everything. i didn't want to be an olympian anymore. i didn't want to do track. i didn't want to go out with my friends. i didn't want to do anything. >> reporter: then by happenstance the secret begins to unravel. >> in november of 2013, a female track and field staffer knocked on craig carter's office door. it was locked. he took a long time to come to the door, and when he finally did emerge, his clothing was disheveled, and baillee gibson was sitting on a couch in his office. she grew concerned that something inappropriate was going on inside the office, and so, she reported it. >> whether consensual or otherwise it is strictly forbidden according to the university of arizona policy, which states, no university employee shall engage in a romantic or sexual relationship with a student, and any violation of this policy is subject to disciplinary action including discharge. >> reporter: craig carter was called into a meeting on november 5th of 2013 with his head coach, fred harvey, and the athletic director at the time, greg byrne. espn investigative reporter john barr obtained this memo where school attorneys advised byrne the athletic director to say the following to carter. >> coach, we have received reports of information that may indicate you are having or had a romantic or sexual relationship with a student athlete on the team. >> in the column of the notes, he writes, baillie gibson. >> reporter: during that november 2013 meeting, coach carter lies, adamantly denying a sexual relationship with baillie gibson to his superiors. there was no further investigation of him. >> according to craig carter, that meeting was the last of it. he denied it, and that's where it ended. they never asked to see his phone that was issued by the university. they never looked at this university email account, but they asked craig carter, what will baillie tell us if we talk to her about what happened? what will baillie say? turns out, she says carter got to her before the university did. >> craig called me, and said hey someone saw something, you better not answer anything. he's like, don't say anything. >> so the coach is telling you not to cooperate. >> yes. >> don't say anything. >> yeah, and if you do, tell them that i was just comforting you that day. >> so the university now is aware of this relationship. do they contact you? >> they emailed me, but they did not confront me in person at all. >> reporter: here are the two emails baillie says she was sent from the school's anti-harassment office, informing her they received a report that she may be involved in a personal relationship with an employee of the university, and listing campus resources she could contact if she wants assistance. baillie never responds. >> and you don't reply. >> no. >> why not? >> well, how am i supposed to? he told me not to. he knew that the e-mail was coming. >> but this is a chance for you to blow the whistle on him. >> but what i if i do and he decides to retaliate. am i going to be protected? >> reporter: but instead of messaging the university, baillee continues messaging her coach, not only about practice, but something much more graphic, explicit images of herself. carter claims she sent him dozens of naked pictures and pornographic videos. >> why are you doing that? because to some people this looks like a girl who's trying to come onto her coach. >> because it's easier for me to do that than actually have to have intercourse with him, and if he liked what i sent, then i didn't have to have intercourse with him. so this was purely a, a sexual relationship based on blackmail. >> yes. >> reporter: for the next 16 months baillie says she continues to suffer in silence until she reaches a breaking point, and begins sobbing in this campus parking lot to her best friend, and teammate julie labonte. >> i asked her, why are you crying? because she's a very, very strong woman. usually she doesn't show a lot of emotion. so i knew that deep down there was something very deep that was going on. >> reporter: julie keeps pressing. was it a relative, an ex-boyfriend? >> and then i mentioned craig's name, and she started crying even more. then that's when she told me he had naked pictures of her on -- if you say anything, something bad will happen to you. >> this is your best friend revealing to you that she's essentially being blackmailed into sex. it was very, very tragic. >> i was in shock. i was so mad. i'm her best friend and i lived with her, and i didn't see those signs. >> reporter: but instead of going to the authorities baillie decides to confront coach carter herself. less than a month away from graduation, she says she decides to tell coach craig carter she will no longer give into his sexual demands. >> i go to his office, and i say, i'm not going to do this anymore. you can hurt me, but i'm not going to be this person to you anymore. like, i'm done. i said i've never loved you, and he got mad, and that's when he put his hands around my neck, went with a box cutter to my throat, said i'll kill you right now. >> he grabbed you and put a box cutter to your throat? >> yes. >> what's going on in your mind? >> i'm not going to make it alive if i don't say what he wants me to. >> reporter: baillie says she'd never seen that aggressive behavior in her coach, and decides the only way to avert disaster is to back down, and apologize. >> i knew if i didn't say i'm sorry, and i would die right there. >> reporter: next, coach carter goes from a box cutter to a shotgun. >> i know exactly where you're going to be, every day. with a shotgun loaded coming right at you? but baillie gibson's armed with powerful weapon of her own, a cell phone. when "20/20" returns. nd my teet oh well, all hope is lost. oh, thanks! clearly my whitening toothpaste is not cutting it. time for whitestrips! whitening toothpaste only works on the surface. but crest 3d white whitestrips safely work below the enamel... ...surface to whiten 25x better than a leading whitening... ...toothpaste. hey, nice smile! thanks, i crushed the tissue test. yeah you did! crest whitestrips. healthy, beautiful smiles for life. 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"i didn't have the balls to pull the trigger. you win." for baillie's best friend julie it is the breaking point. she's had enough. and decides it's time, time she says they turn the tables on their tormentor of a track coach. she helps baillie hatch a plan to secretly record him. >> i told baillie, i'm like, this is not right what he's saying. you should take your phone honestly and record this and send that to the authorities. >> you want her to have evidence? >> yes. >> reporter: so when carter angrily calls julie's phone looking for baillie they secretly hit the record button. >> the only way i could get your attention is if i -- threatened. here i'm the bad guy, because i threatened. >> you should have never put your hands on me. >> well, actually i probably should have killed you. >> reporter: for more than an hour carter threatening and desperate. >> i wanted you to love me. you were in a [ bleep ] game with me the whole time. that is wrong man. i'm going to make you pay. i know exactly where you're going to be. every day. so don't tell me that you're going to call the cops. because i'm going to bust through your window, with a shotgun loaded coming right at you? you gonna call 'em real fast? think they'll get there in time?" i just want to hold the pistol to your head and then what? i guess you would have to blow me away, right? should we try that? >> it was an incredible phone call in that he made several damning threats. trying to get baillie gibson to meet him one last time for a sexual encounter. >> i make sure i [ bleep ] you one more time. >> reporter: baillie agrees to meet her coach later that week but carter doesn't leave her alone instead sending her a series of hostile e-mails. >> i'm like a mountain lion who stalks his prey before he kills. we will see if you're smart enough to do what's wrong or what will cost you your life. >> craig carter's action were not rational by any measure. this is a guy who was coming unhinged and the e-mails he sent to baillie were so graphic and so disturbing unlike anything i've ever seen a coach send an athlete. >> reporter: two days later coach carter ambushes her outside one of her classes. >> i turn around and he's right behind me and had this smirk on his face like i caught you. i said i don't want to talk to you and he said you can either do this the easy or the hard way. >> reporter: there are plenty of witnesses. one student even calling 911. >> university police this is claudia. >> harassed by a male? >> yes. >> he was saying things like you need to leave here with me and like trying to pull her away. >> reporter: thanks to that 911 call campus police are now actively investigating. >> at that point the university of arizona was coming to grips with the fact that one of its coaches had issued some serious, serious threats to a student athlete. >> reporter: it doesn't prevent carter from sending baillie this e-mail. >> you just dug your grave. >> baillie says she had become numb to his threats but this one is unlike any other. >> that's what i should take away, something that matters to you like your mom. i don't have to hurt you, i can hurt somebody else that means a lot to you. >> i could have cared less if he killed me but when he brought in my family and friends that was the main part that was like that could happen. >> reporter: finally baillie calls her mother and reveals her deep secret. >> i was crying. i would tell her everything at that point. i'm so distraught. i was like i just want you to love me. i don't want you to think bad of me. >> she arranges to meet up with her parents in las vegas. >> i just held her and she cried. that night we went to bed and she woke up i don't know how many times screaming in the night. it was don't kill my mom, don't kill my mom. >> she said i didn't tell you because i didn't want you to quit loving me. that's hard. >> reporter: next, coach carter is in the interrogation room. turning the tables. >> she was the one that was, you know, kind of coming on to me. >> reporter: and surprising texts from baillie that appear to bolster his claim. >> reporter: to some people that sounds like a girl who maybe has a crush on her coach. stay with us. due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. but no matter where i ride, i go for my best. so if there's something better than warfarin, i'll go for that too. eliquis. eliquis reduced the risk of stroke better than warfarin, plus had less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis had both. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily... ...and it may take longer than usual for any bleeding to stop. seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. i'm still going for my best. and for eliquis. ask your doctor about eliquis. ♪ and right now take an extra 15% off give joy with a star wars sweatshirt a coco comforter or a frozen toy and when you give joy you get joy, with kohls cash presents for them, kohls cash for you give joy, get joy at kohls we create machines that make every experience more real. because the best feature of a pc gaming machine is the power to make you forget it's there. get $200 off at dell.com/gaming. 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[ bleep ] you. you ruined a family. >> reporter: and as for their relationship? he maintains that she started it -- >> i have to say, it's all my fault, but yet she was the one that was kind of coming onto me. i'd never been with another woman in my life besides my wife, and i just was like, i don't know, i just felt like, i fell in love, i don't know. >> there was app point on the video where the detective left the interrogation room and left carter alone. [ crying ] >> he must have been starting to grasp just what he had done and what the consequences would be. >> reporter: during the investigation some striking messages that baillie sent to carter begin to emerge. raising questions about the nature of their relationship. messages like this one. i was falling in love with you. i don't just fall in love. that is because i'm sick and need the correct help. we both need to be fixed. >> that doesn't sound like a girl who's being forced into a sexual relationship. >> but you have to realize that if i didn't say those things he would try to hurt me. >> to some people, that sounds like a young girl maybe who's got a crush on her coach. >> yeah, it's not though. it's clearly me saying what i have to so he doesn't either hurt me or hurt anyone else around me. >> but you understand how to some people -- >> oh yeah. >> these would sound -- >> i definitely understand. >> like consensual. >> yeah. >> like a consensual relationship. >> yeah, and i do understand that. >> some people would ask you baillie, how could he force you to say, i love you? >> well it's easy when you're trying to protect your life. >> reporter: another puzzling detail? turns out, when bailee finally told campus police about her situation, they understood it to have begun as a consensual relationship, and bailee first told them it all began on campus before those olympic trials. bailee now says what she told us happened in oregon is in fact the true story. within two weeks, carter is indicted by an arizona grand jury on four felony counts including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and stalking. he pleads not guilty, but curiously, no sexual assault charges are filed. >> these prosecutors believe they can prove the stalking and box cutter incident but sexual assault would be tougher for them to win. >> reporter: craig carter is released from jail on bond and resigns from his coaching job. she says the excitement of the day is overshadowed by fear. what are you thinking as you're getting your diploma? >> please don't let him be in the crowd and shoot me on the stage. please can i just walk across it and get my diploma and be safe? >> reporter: the college graduate's special day comes and goes without any carter contact. but at one point she does receive a text. this one not from carter but from his wife. >> what did she say? >> will you just please stop this. you know he's a good guy. >> reporter: joanne carter pleading with baillie texts i know of craig's actions which i'm sorry and i'm asking woman to woman to not make anything worse for us. she's apparently standing by herman even after her husband admits to a three-year long sexual relationship with a student. >> even if this was consensual. him being coach and her being student makes it a violation certainly of ncaa rules. and potentially worse. there's no question that this relationship in and of itself was an abusive power. by him. towards her. >> reporter: six months after carter's arrest baillie files a civil suit alleging that carter committed acts of rape and that the university of arizona, the head track coach and athletic director failed to protect her from inappropriate sexual conduct. greg byrne wouldn't comment. >> the essence of the report against coach carter was you did this to me. against everyone else is you could have and should have stopped this. >> reporter: reporter john barr investigated the story for espn's "outside the lines". >> we spoke to a number of different attorneys and all agree that the university of arizona just did the bare minimum when it had information that there was something inappropriate going on. >> reporter: arizona residents may be interested in this tidbit. because u of a is a state school they're obligated to foot the bill to defend that civil suit including carter's defense, more than $600,000 to date. >> you can understand why taxpayers in the state of arizona are saying what? we have to help foot his bill? >> reporter: in a statement to abc news the university of arizona said it took immediate action after baillie spoke up about carter. and it and the athletics department condemn his behavior and the impact it had on a student. coming up -- >> you admitted to grabbing her and threatening her with a box cutter. you don't know that she got in my face and pushing me and saying hit me either. >> reporter: in a stunning inte w do you need the most trustd battery this holiday? maybe not. 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