A former Liberty University employee says she was terminated in part for cooperating with a federal investigation of the school’s handling of sexual assault, according to recently filed court documents.
In her suit against the private Christian university, Erika Woolfolk stated she was paid less, required to work more, and the subject of a hostile work environment while employed in the university’s office of Equity and Compliance and Title IX.
Woolfolk’s work involved investigating cases of sexual violence on campus, of which she alleged her bosses would improperly predetermine their outcomes, according to her lawsuit. She claimed in the filing that she shared that information and more about the university’s “systemic violations of federal law” with the U.S. Department of Education.