Why is Liberty University being sued for sexual assault?
Liberty University has been sued by 12 women who claim the school created an environment on its Virginia campus that increased the likelihood of sexual assault and rape. The lawsuit includes claims of sexual assault and accuses the Lynchburg school of creating a hostile environment toward the plaintiffs.
Is the Falwell scandal just the beginning?
But that scandal is just the beginning. The award-winning Gangster Capitalism team spoke with more than 80 former and current Liberty students, faculty, staff, high-ranking administrators, and those with intimate knowledge of Falwell Jr.
Did Falwell hide ‘potentially damaging’ details of Liberty University scandal?
Liberty University, in Lynchburg, Virginia, claims Falwell hid “potentially damaging” details of the scandal as he negotiated a lucrative new contract for himself with the university’s trustees.
Why is Liberty University still hiding behind the ‘ Liberty Way’?
Last year, Falwell resigned after reports of a sex scandal involving him, his wife and another man emerged. This year, there are accusations that the university suppressed reports of sexual assault that students made against other students. Even so, the university is still hiding behind the so-called Liberty Way.
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The C13Originals Peabody nominated series is back for Season Three: Jerry Falwell Jr. and Liberty University. A sex scandal rocks one of the world’s largest Christian universities, and the man at the center of it. But that scandal is just the beginning.
Where is Falwell's Liberty University?
Liberty University, in Lynchburg, Virginia, claims Falwell hid “potentially damaging” details of the scandal as he negotiated a lucrative new contract for himself with the university’s trustees. Falwell, whose father, the Rev Jerry Falwell Sr, founded the conservative college in 1971, resigned his position last August after details emerged ...
What is the Falwell lawsuit?
The lawsuit alleges that Falwell, in hiding the details of the alleged extortion, breached his fiduciary duties to the university as he negotiated for a higher salary. It claims he also kept university property he was required to return. Falwell was the university’s president from 2007 until his resignation.
What happened to Jerry Falwell?
The prominent evangelist Jerry Falwell Jr is facing a $10m lawsuit from the Christian university found ed by his father, and which he served as president until resigning in the wake of a sordid extortion scandal last year. Liberty University, in Lynchburg, Virginia, claims Falwell hid “potentially damaging” details of the scandal as he negotiated ...
Did Falwell drop his lawsuit against Liberty?
The legal action against Falwell, who dropped his own de famation lawsuit against Liberty in December, prolongs the already messy aftermath of his departure from the 79,000-student university.
Where did Kevin Roose spend his semester?
Before he was a New York Times columnist and an occasional guest on The Daily, Kevin Roose spent a semester undercover at Liberty University and wrote about it in his first book. So what did…
Who is Jerry Falwell Jr?
The husband is Jerry Falwell Jr., member of one of the most famous evangelical families in America and president of a Christian university with a strict code of conduct. The affair is part of a pattern of questionable behavior that will threaten the Falwell family dynasty.
