Northwestern Retaliated Against Staff Who Reported Fired Coach: Suit - Evanston, IL - Two assistant coaches and former director of baseball operations allege university officials punished them for complaining about Jim Foster.
Three former members of Northwestern University's baseball coaching staff filed a lawsuit against the school on Monday, saying they lost their jobs for trying to report bullying and derogatory abuse by the team's head coach, who has since been fired. The ex-staffers say Jim Foster's coaching was rife with toxic and volatile behavior throughout the 2022-23 season, and that the school protected Foster after they filed a human resources complaint against him. Foster was sacked on July 13, just three days after football coach Pat Fitzgerald was dismissed because of a hazing scandal.
A lawsuit filed by a former Northwestern University women’s lacrosse player alleges the university failed to protect her from a sexual assault last year by.
The lawsuit, filed by a student identified as Jane Doe, also alleges the school failed to carry out a thorough investigation after she reported the July 2022 attack.
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