Northern Kentucky University Pays Employee $200K to Avoid Lawsuit
NKU paid the subordinate of former Athletic Director Scott Eaton $200,000 to prevent her from filing a sexual harassment lawsuit against the school for Eaton’s behavior.
Northern Kentucky University paid the subordinate of former Athletic Director Scott Eaton approximately $200,000 to prevent her from from filing a sexual harassment lawsuit against the school for Eaton’s behavior. Eaton was later convicted of embezzling from the university.
Chrissy Soards, NKU’s former associate athletic director for compliance, first complained about Eaton’s behavior in March 2013. On March 16, the school fired Eaton for ethics violations and two days later, Soards had signed the $200,000 settlement agreement, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
The university later discovered that Eaton had stolen $311,000 from the school using a NKU-issued credit card and that he had had inappropriate relationships with at least four women on campus, including a student.
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