PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - A former University of Oregon basketball player has sued the school for $7.5 million after it dropped him from the team and barred him from campus last year because of a rape accusation, school officials said on Monday.
Brandon Austin argued in the lawsuit filed on Thursday in Lane County Circuit Court that he was unfairly suspended by the Eugene, Oregon-based university and that his constitutional right of due process was violated.
The lawsuit, which denies Austin committed sexual assault, says he was a top amateur basketball player and had a scholarship to play at the university.