By: Out of the Box

Out of the Box
Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:28:10 +0000

Andy--Mr. Waters lawsuit has been shaky from the beginning. As a non-contract employee, he has no guarantee of due process with regards to his employment. His attorney is trying to jam some expectation in edgewise by claiming that his reputation has been harmed. And then he makes the ironic claim of gender-based discrimination--under Title IX. In fact, the University's claim is some 60 pages long, comprising a detailed response to all of Waters' claims--paragraph by paragraph. The videos and calendar are just a couple of spicy details that make headlines. Of greater concern should be the third allegation of sexual assault which has now surfaced, and which Waters apparently did not report to the university, as required by policy. However, the point with regard to the videos and calendar (and the newly surfaced song books from years up through 2012) is that these are further matters about which Mr. Waters was not forthcoming during the Title IX investigation, during which he freely admitted that the culture of the band had serious issues.