to keep my tongue free to speak of which I’ve seen," he said.Ī Liberty spokesperson did not respond to questions from AP about what the school has done to investigate the female litigants’ claims, aside from resending a statement issued in July, when the lawsuit was filed.
“I’ll forsake the scholarship and the salary and the benefits. His lawsuit seeks to recoup past and future wage losses and unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.
His firing has meant not only the loss of his income and benefits but scholarship funding for his four children who attend the school, he said. Lamb said he was offered a severance package if he signed a nondisclosure agreement, which he declined. And in July, a former NFL player hired last year to help lead diversity initiatives sued, alleging racial discrimination in his demotion and subsequent firing. In April, the school sued Falwell, seeking millions in damages. Lamb's lawsuit broadens the list of litigation the school has faced recently. His lawsuit says he sat for 20-25 hours of interviews as part of that probe, the findings of which the school has not discussed publicly. Lamb also alleges that he was retaliated against for his participation in an outside investigation conducted into the tenure of Jerry Falwell Jr., the former president whose personal controversies and acrimonious departure from Liberty last year garnered national headlines. 6, he was fired, according to the lawsuit. The following day, he was approached about negotiating a separation agreement and on Oct. His complaint says things came to a head in a meeting early this month when he told top school officials that “he would not be silenced or participate in a cover up of activities" at the university. Lamb’s lawsuit alleges that he was terminated for engaging in activity protected under Title IX, the federal law that protects against sex discrimination in education, after challenging the university’s handling of the complaints. A student-led movement has since been established to advocate for systemic reforms, and the nonprofit investigative journalism outlet ProPublica published a deeply reported investigation Sunday with findings similar to the allegations raised in the lawsuit. The women's lawsuit, which is still ongoing, alleged the school had a pattern of mishandling cases of sexual assault and harassment and had fostered an unsafe campus environment. Scott Lamb, a vice president-level executive at the school where he was hired in 2018, said in an interview with The Associated Press that he pushed for answers about what was being done to investigate claims raised in a lawsuit filed over the summer by 12 women, and was continually dissatisfied. (AP) - A former spokesperson for Liberty University is suing the evangelical Virginia school after being fired, alleging in a lawsuit filed Monday that his termination came in retaliation for voicing concerns that sexual misconduct accusations were mishandled.
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