A whistleblower lawsuit was filed this week by a Murray State University employee, who alleges she was pushed out of her job due to voicing concerns about school leadership potentially violating state procurement laws.
Plaintiff Darcie Liddle is still technically employed as Murray State’s procurement services director, but was one of two employees placed on a year-long leave and stripped of all duties in early August, without explanation. Murray State’s human resources director Haley Stedelin also resigned at the time, objecting to the process in which Liddle’s supervisor and Vice President of Finance and Administration Laura Foltz was placed on leave.
Liddle’s lawsuit alleges that President Ron Patterson was angered by her bringing up concerns about several of his actions related to the school’s athletics department, including a multimedia rights contract, consultant spending and the bidding process on a proposed athletics park project.
The complaint also alleges sex discrimination, saying that Liddle and other senior female staffers faced punishments for airing complaints that similar male staffers did not receive.
A spokesperson for Murray State did not immediately return an email seeking comment.
The lawsuit was first reported on by The Murray Sentinel, a local...
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