EAST LANSING — The drama surrounding Sanjay Gupta's forced resignation from his leadership post at Michigan State University has moved into the court system.
The former business school dean claims in a lawsuit he was terminated and falsely accused of mandatory reporting violations as part of a scheme to keep him from becoming MSU's next president and "enhance" now-Interim President Teresa Woodruff's personal ambitions to lead the university.
Six other university leaders, including Interim Provost Thomas Jeitschko, participated in the alleged scheme, Gupta said in a federal court complaint.
"The facts establish that Gupta did not violate any mandatory reporting policy, promptly acted to protect students and complied with published MSU Title IX polices ... and acted with integrity, transparency and professionalism at all times as Dean of the Eli Broad College of Business," the suit said.
An MSU spokesman, Dan Olsen, said the university would decline comment on the pending litigation. But he added that the suit will be "vigorously defended."
The suit comes about six months after Woodruff forced Gupta to resign following reports that he failed to report an instance of alleged sexual misconduct to the university's Title IX office, even though other employees had already reportedly done so.
Former President Samuel Stanley Jr. backed Woodruff, and the MSU Board of Trustees later hired a law firm to investigate Gupta's departure and other Title IX concerns in actions. MSU's...
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