the governor s 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 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 whores, alcoholics and learning disabled. one of the players provided the star ledger with a copy of the letter. the paper says hermann responded, quote, i never heard any of this. never name calling them or anything like that whatsoever. hermann has promised she will 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.
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 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 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 whores, alcoholics and learning disabled. one of the players provided the star ledger with a copy of the letter. the paper says hermann responded, quote, i never heard any of this. never name calling them or anything like that whatsoever.
mental cruelty 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, alcoholics and learning disabled. one of the players provided the star ledger with a copy of the letter. the paper says herman responded, quote, i never heard any of this, never name-calling them or anything like that whatsoever. herman has promised she will bring a new era to rutgers. it is a new day. it is already fixed and there is no one that doesn t agree about how we treat young people with respect and dignity and build trust. reporter: but at that news conference, hermann was asked about a jury award of $150,000 to former assistant coach ginger hinline in 1997. she claimed she was fired because she was pregnant. in 1994, hermann was a bridesmaid at her wedding and in the video, the coach said this about her becoming pregnant.
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
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.