A Baton Rouge woman contacted University officials to report that former running back Derrius Guice had sexually harassed her in 2017, and the University documented several instances of these contacts. The direction of the University s investigation into the allegations changed after a man who represented her asked LSU to pay her, The Advocate reported Monday.
The woman is Gloria Scott, a 74-year-old Superdome worker who alleged that Guice sexually harassed her at a December 2017 high school football state championship game. Scott said she did not give permission to the man, New Orleans youth basketball coach Cleavon Williams, to ask the University for money over the incident, The Advocate reported. Instead, Scott said she asked Williams for help because she wanted to report that Guice had sexually harassed her. She said she wanted him banned from playing in the 2018 Citrus Bowl.
$50M suit alleges retaliation over allegations against coach
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KEVIN McGILL and MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated Press
April 8, 2021
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1of6FILE - Then-LSU head coach Les Miles watches his team warm up before an NCAA college football game against Florida in Baton Rouge, La., in this Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, file photo. In a $50 million federal racketeering lawsuit, an associate athletic director at LSU accuses university officials of retaliating against her for reporting racist remarks and inappropriate sexual behavior by former head football coach Les Miles.Gerald Herbert/APShow MoreShow Less
2of6Winston DeCuir Jr., LSU Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel, speaks at the Senate Select Committee on Women and Children at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. Thursday, April 8, 2021. In a $50 million federal racketeering lawsuit, an associate athletic director at Louisiana State University accuses university officials
Lawsuit alleges LSU conspired to hide sexual harassment involving Les Miles
Louisiana (WDSU) An associate athletic director at LSU says her supervisors retaliated against her when she brought sexual harassment and mistreatment allegations against former football coach Les Miles to their attention. Lawyers for Sharon Lewis said Monday they intend to file a federal lawsuit that seeks $50 million from a host of defendants, including Miles, LSU’s current and previous athletic director, and members of the LSU Board of Supervisors.
Lewis is in charge of the LSU football recruiting office and her duties include hiring its student workers. She claims Miles told her “there were too many Black girls employed in Athletics” and instructed her to fire them, according to a copy of the lawsuit WDSU obtained.
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LSU’s General Counsel and legal advisor to the LSU Board of Supervisors told lawmakers why LSU employees had been banned from speaking under oath to the Legislative Select Committee on Women and Children today.
GC Winston Decuir said the decision was the result of a lawsuit by a current LSU administrator and that he only learned of Wednesday. Decuir said at the time the decision to bar employees from testifying was made he the suit had not officially been filed and so he could only infer what it covered and who was named in it.
“I have to be protective when threatened with a lawsuit,” said Decuir. “We are talking me trying to make a decision based on the announcement of threatened litigation, I have to be cautious in that situation.”