The University of Colorado confirmed Friday that phone calls were made between a former football recruiting assistant and an escort service.

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The calls were made from a cell phone assigned to Nathan Maxcey, an administrative assistant in the CU football recruiting program, to Pasha Cowan, to an escort service and to a singles chat line, the university said.

Cowan (pictured, below) is involved in the escort service but police would not say if she is the owner.

"We have no information at this time that implicates other individuals," the school said in a press release.

The evidence, discovered during CU's internal audit, was turned over to the Broomfield Police Department, which is investigating the relationship between CU and an escort service.

Maxcey worked with CU's recruiting department from June 9, 2002 to July 16, 2003 and last year worked with the recruiting department for the University of Utah, 7NEWS confirmed. He was fired after one season for incompetence, the station said.

"As we have stated repeatedly, we remain steadfast in our commitment to investigate these allegations. We will take swift, decisive and appropriate action upon the receipt of credible information," said CU president Elizabeth Hoffman and chancellor Richard L. Byyny in a joint statement.

Broomfield police are investigating allegations that a Boulder-area escort service was involved in criminal activity at a Broomfield hotel in connection with the CU football program.

"From the beginning of our investigation, on Feb. 8, the University of Colorado has been very cooperative and provided our department with documents pertaining to this investigation. We are in the process of reviewing the documents and the investigation is ongoing," said Broomfield police Sgt. Dan Schuler.

The university's football program is at the center of a scandal in which the school has been accused of using sex and parties to entice top recruits. Three women who claim they were raped at or just after an off-campus party for recruits in December 2001 are suing the university.

Prompted by allegations recently revealed in one of the lawsuits, university regents have appointed an independent commission to investigate the recruiting program.

David Hansburg, head of football operations, had said he received a call from a woman two weeks ago who alleged a CU staffer was using an escort service, but wouldn't identify the staffer or herself. He said the woman then asked him to help her get a job at the university and said the staffer last used the escort service in March.

"I figured it was not a credible call. March is not a recruiting month for us," Hansburg said.

The woman who made the allegations said an employee of the CU football office paid thousands of dollars in cash for adult entertainment services at a local hotel, possibly the Omni Interlocken. She said she was contacted numerous times between 2002 and 2003. The woman said that escorts thought their clients seemed "awfully young."

Word of the CU scandal helped prompt a decision by the NCAA this week to form a task force to investigate recruiting practices nationwide.

University and athletics department officials have denied the claims, but there has been a string of embarrassing accusations in recent days. A Denver-based businessman said Colorado and schools in other states had hired his strippers for years.

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