APSU, Biles now face 3 federal lawsuits

History of the lawsuit

On June 4, five federal lawsuits were filed against APSU and Lantz Biles, director of Public Safety. Leonard Fulcher, former police officer; Georganna Genther, police supervisor; Susana Milton, police officer; Charlie Struckel, assistant director of Public Saftey and Kristie Winters, police officer, filed lawsuits in the U.S. District Court of the Middle District of Tennessee by attorney Robert J. Martin. Recently Genther and Winters dropped the lawsuit. Martin said he could not comment on why they dropped the case. A trial date has been set for Feb. 27, 2012 according to Martin. Genther and Winters had not responded to e-mails from The All State as of press time on Friday, Aug. 27.

What the lawsuits say:

FULCHER

Suing APSU for retaliation harassment and hostile work environment.

Hired to the APSU Police Department in April 15, 2009. Shortly after, his psychological evaluation reached the chief of police who, “violated the privacy act by disclosing personal information … to other employees.”

Fulcher stated to the EEO division of APSU that he believed the chief was discriminatory against female officers, as well has his own incident. Shortly after this statement, Fulcher was notified that he was demoted.

Charges brought to APSU include threatening, reprimanding and harassing, issuing negative performance evaluations, working under abnormal conditions, denying benefits and otherwise affecting him.

Fulcher requests full compensatory damages, court and attorney fees, other relief the court may deem and a jury.

MILTON

Suing APSU for retaliation, harassment, gender discrimination, sexual harassment
and hostile work environment.

Milton joined the APSU campus police department and filed complaints against the chief of police for sexual comments in February 2008.

“The university interviewed several witnesses and found that the chief had indeed violated policy and disciplined him for said discriminatory conduct.”

Milton has since been denied a sergeant position she was for which she was qualified, as well as denied training that would enhance job performance.

She is now asking for compensatory damages, attorney’s fees and other relief the court as well as a jury.

STRUCKEL

Suing APSU for subsequent retaliation, retaliatory harassment and hostile work environment.

Struckel testified against the chief of police in December 2008 confirming that he did witness sexual harassment and discrimination from the chief.

Shortly after, Struckel was subjected to threatening, reprimanding, harassment, abnormal and other adverse conditions.

Struckel requests compensatory damages, court and attorney fees, anything the court may deem proper and a jury.

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