In the civil lawsuit, filed Tuesday, administrator Paul Barrows claims that Luoluo Hong, the former dean of students, interfered with his contract by providing Chancellor John Wiley with false secondhand claims of sexual harassment.
The president of the UW System had called for the investigation after Barrows and Wiley gave contradicting statements regarding the circumstances surrounding Barrows' leave.
Lester Pines, Barrows' lawyer, said Tuesday that Barrows received the results of the investigation and had filed the lawsuit as a way to share his side of the story.
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