Tucker informs MSU of wrongful termination lawsuit

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  • Notre Dame Pete Thamel Sep 28, 2023, 05:10 PM ET Fired Spartans football coach Mel Tucker notified Michigan State University on Thursday he

    is preparing

  to submit a potential wrongful

  termination suit against the school.Tucker’s lawyer sent out a letter to Michigan State’s general counsel requesting that the school maintain electronic and paper records for all members of the athletic department together with several other university workers “in anticipation of lawsuits.”Michigan State fired Tucker for cause Wednesday, roughly one month after sexual assault avoidance supporter Brenda Tracy implicated the coach of sexually bothering her after she contracted to work with

  the football program.Editor’s Picks 1 Associated Athletic director Alan Haller said Tucker was being fired for cause because his “admitted and undisputed behaviors … brought public disrespect, contempt and ridicule upon the university; and constitute a material breach of his contract, and moral turpitude. “Tucker

‘s lawyer, Jennifer Belveal, called Michigan State’s actions an “unlawful termination “in her letter. By firing Tucker for cause, Michigan State is not accountable for paying Tucker any of the nearly$79 million that remained on his prolonged contract with the football program.Tucker objected to the shooting in several public statements and in a letter sent out to Haller last week.Michigan State suspended Tucker without pay Sept. 10, one day after information about his supposed unwanted sexual advances of Tracy were revealed in a story published by USA Today. Tracy submitted a sexual misbehavior claim with the university in December 2022, declaring that Tucker made unwelcome sexual comments to her and masturbated throughout a phone call without her consent.The university worked with an outside investigator to identify whether Tucker violated the school’s sexual misconduct policy. A hearing to choose whether there were any offenses is scheduled for next week.Tucker, who says he is separated from his other half, informed the detective that he had an intimate relationship with Tracy which his habits on the telephone call was consensual. He said that his interactions with Tracy were a personal matter and not related to his work at Michigan State. After he was suspended, Tucker criticized the investigation, calling it a”sham.” He stated he is being fired without due process.Haller informed Tucker in a letter last week he has actually

broken the regards to his contract no matter the outcome of his pending sexual harassment hearing because he admitted to having a sexual encounter with a lady who was employed by the university as a vendor, to name a few reasons.In the letter sent Thursday to Michigan State’s general counsel, Tucker asked the university to retain all phone and computer records and physical files created by athletic department staff members, the general counsel’s workplace

, the university and all members of Michigan State’s board of trustees, to name a few.