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Former Texas women's track coach Bev Kearney, who resigned January 5th after it was disclosed she had an intimate relationship with an athlete in her program back in 2002, will announce the filing of an EEOC and Texas Workforce Commission discrimination charge on Monday, according to her attorney and Naqi.
"This is the legal prerequisite to filing a discrimination lawsuit," lawyer Derek Howard said in a text message to Naqi, "and it will specifically reference the [Major] Applewhite comparative scenario."
Applewhite, UT's co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, admitted to an inappropriate consensual relationship with a student in 2009 and is still on Mack Brown's staff at present. The double-standard is what Howard seems to be chasing with their investigation and/or subsequent lawsuit.
"[The discrimination claim] will be investigated for 180 days before [we] have the right to sue," Howard said.
Kearney won six national championships in 20 years with the Longhorns and was named Big 12 Coach of the Year last season.
Here's how the story broke when the relationship was made public and Kearney resigned back in January...
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Kearney had been placed on paid administrative leave since November of 2012. The school found out about an "intimate consensual relationship" the month before and had investigated.
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