Scott Lamb served as Liberty’s chief media spokesman during the tumultuous final years of Jerry Falwell Jr.’s term as president of the school. He remained at Liberty following Falwell’s 2020 resignation after a series of controversial incidents.
In a complaint filed Monday (Oct. 25) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Lamb alleges he attended a meeting on Oct. 4 at which several top Liberty leaders, including President Jerry Prevo, discussed how the university had responded to a series of high-profile reports of sexual assaults on campus.
In July, 12 women filed a lawsuit alleging Liberty’s leaders had created an unsafe atmosphere on campus, alleging the university’s honor code, known as “the Liberty Way” made it “difficult or impossible for students to report sexual violence.”
Case records and interviews with more than 50 former Liberty University students & staffers show how school discouraged, dismissed, and even blamed, students who have tried to come forward with claims of sexual assault.
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— ProPublica (@propublica) October 25, 2021
New: The school founded by evangelist Jerry Falwell ignored reports of rape and threatened to punish accusers for breaking its moral code, say former students. An official who says he was fired for raising concerns calls it a “conspiracy of silence.” https://t.co/g8KFqNKyT6
— ProPublica (@propublica) October 24, 2021