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Texas Sued by Former Track Coach over Handling of Major Applewhite Case

Related Topics: Major Applewhite, Texas, Jim Vertuno

Bev Kearney, former track coach at the University of Texas, has filed a lawsuit against the school for its handling of an investigation into campus sexual misconduct against Major Applewhite.

Per Jim Vertuno of the Associated Press, Kearney's lawsuit stems from how Texas administrators handled Applewhite's relationship with a student trainer in 2009 on a bowl trip when he was an assistant football coach.

Vertuno noted that Kearney, who is black, was forced out of her job with the track team in 2013 when the school discovered she had a relationship with one of her athletes 10 years earlier.