Lawsuits filed by former Baylor officials are piling up in the wake of fallout from an investigation into the university's handling of domestic and sexual assault complaints, including those involving football players.
Tom Hill, a former assistant athletic director who was fired amid the scandal, is suing the law firm that investigated the school's response to the assault allegations.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in McLennan County District Court in Waco, Texas, Hill accuses Philadelphia law firm Pepper Hamilton of negligence and defamation.
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Hill, who is seeking $60,000 in damages, says he was never given an explanation for his dismissal. The lawsuit alleges that Pepper Hamilton's attorneys did not obtain pertinent facts, pursue interviews with important witnesses or perform their duties objectively.
Hill’s attorney, Don Riddle, told the Waco Tribune that Pepper Hamilton’s findings are “negligent, at best.”
“It’s just a straightforward suit for negligence in the investigation and negligence in the reporting of the findings, and a claim of defamation,” Riddle said.
Baylor's president at the time, Kenneth Starr, hired Pepper Hamilton in May to review how the school handled sexual assaults on campus. The findings painted a bleak picture of Baylor's failure to adhere to Title IX regulations that contributed to a sense of "rape culture."
Hill, who claims he had no involvement in the scandal or with any football players accused of sexual violence, was offered a $34,373 severance package by Baylor that he refused.
Hill's lawsuit comes five days after former Baylor football coach Art Briles sued three school regents and a vice president for libel and slander, accusing them of falsely stating that Briles knew of reported sexual assaults and alleged gang rapes by his former players and didn't report them to police.