Updated:  August 18, 2017

A LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED IN FEDERAL COURT AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA. ACCORDING TO MEDIA SOURCES, A TITLE IX LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED IN FEDERAL COURT ALLEGING THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA HELPED IN COVERING UP A SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A STUDENT BY HER PROFESSOR. THE CLAIM FILED ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENT STATES THAT THE FORMER MARKETING PROFESSOR DAVID DICKERSON SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A STUDENT MULTIPLE TIMES ON A UNIVERSITY TRIP, AND THAT UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS NEVER TOOK A FORMAL REPORT ON THE ACCUSATIONS, ALLOWING THE PROFESSOR TO SERVE OUT HIS CONTRACT. THE UNIVERSITY DEFENDS THE ALLEGATIONS BY STATING THAT THE UNIVERSITY DID DO AN INVESTIGATION AND DICKERSON WAS REMOVED FROMM THE CLASSROOM, ORDERED TO STAY AWAY FROM CAMPUS AND TO AVOID CONTACT WITH STUDENTS.

JUST THIS WEEK, DICKERSON, WHO WAS WORKING AT THE METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, WAS LET GO. ACCORDING TO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COLORADO UNIVERSITY, THEY INVESTIGATED THE CASE AFTER HEARING OF THE LAWSUIT ANS AS OF TUESDAY DICKERSON IS NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH THEIR SCHOOL.