A jury unanimously ruled in favor of a former Kentucky State University employee in a whistleblower lawsuit, saying he was protected by the state whistleblower law when he was fired by KSU in 2018.
The lawsuit was from a former university employee who said he was fired for bringing attention to sexual harassment claims against KSU administrators. In addition to the whistleblower lawsuit, the jury also ruled in favor of the former employee’s retaliation claim.
Xavier Dillard, a KSU alumnus, helped run the college’s Student Support Services until he was fired in 2018. Dillard was fired the same day he sent an email to both internal and external email accounts alleging instances of sexual harassment involving KSU students and administrators. His email also had concerns about improper use of funds from a federal grant.
“I’m just pretty glad that I was able to bring the situation to light, now that everyone noticed what was really going on during that time,” Dillard said after the verdict on Thursday. “I’m just glad that the jury has seen what was really going on, and was able to help students.”
Dillard said he still wants the best for KSU, and hopes the university is able to improve going forward.
“I think Xavier feels very satisfied,” Dillard’s lawyer, Michael Augustus, said after the verdict. “It was a vindication of everything he had said, and obviously, I feel it was a very fair decision. It was, in my mind, very clear cut that Kentucky State did violate the whistleblower...
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