Labor/Employment,
Civil Litigation
Mar. 4, 2021
Ex-San Jose State sports official's lawsuit says firing was retaliation
The suit claims O'Brien was ordered to discipline a swimming coach at the college, Sage Hopkins, after he compiled a 300-page dossier concerning sexual misconduct by Scott Shaw, who at the time was the head athletic trainer.
A former deputy athletics director at San Jose State University filed a whistleblower complaint against California State University claiming he was fired after he was ordered to discipline a coach who compiled evidence against a trainer for sexual abuse.
The suit, filed by attorneys for Stephen A. O'Brien, claims he was ordered to discipline a swimming coach at the college, Sage Hopkins, after he compiled a 300-page dossier concernin...
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