Penn State and one of its ex-coaches will have to face a private fencing coach’s lawsuit concerning an alleged sexual assault and the retaliation she faced for reporting it, a federal appeals panel ruled Thursday.
It’s reasonable to infer Jennifer Oldham is protected under Title IX’s “zone of interests” regarding an alleged retaliation campaign she faced, Judge Peter J. Phipps wrote in an opinion. The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed the dismissal of the Title IX claim against Pennsylvania State University and various Michigan tort claims against former university assistant fencing coach George Abashidze.
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