tennessee. in a conference call yesterday, hermann said she never considered stepping down. the rutger s president says the school looks forward to her running the athletic department. on sunday a newspaper reported the team in tennessee wrote a letter saying she humiliated and emotionally abused players. getting specific, the letter apparently claimed hermann called them whores, alcoholics, learning disabled. it s an interesting thing. who knows if it s true. assuming it is true. how long should something like that follow you in your career? if you did something at your first job, ridiculous, and learned your lesson, should you pay for it here, ten years later? i don t know. we talked about this a little bit yesterday. i think while in many other circumstances it s okay to say there is a time limit to when things can follow you and how long, but when you are being hired to clean up a mess very
herman. she must be squeaky clean. louisville is the most profitable athletic department in the country. now she s facing her own allegations of abuse. no. a group of female volleyball players from the university of tennessee allege that herman verbally abused them while she coached the team calling them alcohols and learning disabled. that s not possible, right? i m sure rutgers must have done their homework. the president has a lot to answer for. the university of tennessee also lost $150,000 discrimination lawsuit to one of herman s assistant coaches who alleged herman discouraged her from getting pregnant and eventually fired her. she says she fired her for performance issues. however, a wedding video appears to show herman teasing her about having a child. i m very excited about today.
i was deeply disturbed by the behavior. reporter: this time the university s president will have to answer to governor chris christie after reports surfaced that the new athletic director hired to turn the university s image around is herself accused of being an abusive coach. the governor s spokesperson said he s not going to be making any judgments at this time, but he expects to be talking with the rutgers administration this week to get the details. it has emerged that back in 1996, all 15 members of julie hermann s volleyball team wrote her alert. the players wrote in part, the mental cruelty that we as a team have suffered is unbearable. we have been lied to, publicly humiliated and ripped apart as both players and people. they said the coach had called them whores, learning disabled. the paper says hermann responds, quote, i never heard any of this, never name calling them or
administration this week to get the details. it has emerged that back in 1996 all 15 members of julie hermann s volleyball team at the university of tennessee wrote her a letter. the players wrote in part the mental cruelty that we as a team have suffered is unbearable. we have been lied to, publicly humiliated and ripped apart as both players and people. they said the coach had called them alcoholics and learning disabled. one of the papers provided a copy of the paper. hermann responded i never heard any of this, never name calling or anything like that whatsoever. hermann has promised she ll bring a new era to rutgers. it is a new day. it is already fixed and there s no one that doesn t agree about how we treat young people with respect and dignity and build trust. but at that news conference, her mann was asked about a jury award of $150,000 to former
outcry and the athletic director was forced to resign. i was deeply disturbed bety behavior of the video revealed. reporter: this time, the direct lore have to report to chris christie, after the new athletic director is herself accused of being an abecausive coach t. governor spokesperson said in a statement, he s not going to be making any judgments at this time but he expects to be talking with the rutgers administration this week to get the details. it has emerged in 1996, all 15 members of julie hermann s volleyball team at the university of tennessee wrote her a letter. they wrote, in part the mental cruelty that we as a team have suffered is unbearable. we have been lied to, publicly humiliated and ripped apart as both players an people. they said the coach had called them whores, alcoholics an learning disabled. up with of the players provided the star ledger with a copy of the letter.