Comment About Student-Athlete’s Underwear Incident Sparks Lawsuit
A student-athlete on the University of Kansas softball team has sued various athletic department officials at the school, claiming the defendants retaliated against her after she complained to the athletic director that she had been sexually harassed.
The impetus for the lawsuit was an April 2 incident in which Head Softball Coach Tracy Bunge allegedly ordered her team to take a shower with their uniforms on to “wash away the bad play,” after a loss to Texas A&M. She then told the tea