U of M golf coach proved discrimination, judge says, awards $360K

BleedGopher

Well-known member
Joined
Nov 11, 2008
Messages
60,568
Reaction score
15,642
Points
113
per Pioneer Press:

The University of Minnesota's 2010 ham-handed treatment of its new women's golf coach was illegal and the man who hired her essentially forced her to resign after he found out she was a lesbian, a judge ruled.

Former coach Kathryn Brenny, who spent less than two months as the U's women's golf coach, is entitled to double her back pay and compensation for mental anguish -- in all, $359,588, plus attorneys' fees, Hennepin County District Judge Thomas Sipkins ruled Tuesday.

In a sweeping and strongly worded order, Sipkins said Brenny's treatment by the school and by John Harris, a former pro golfer who was then head of the U's golf program, was discriminatory and broke the law.

http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_25369949/u-m-golf-coach-proved-discrimination-judge-says

Go Gophers!!
 




Top Bottom