Two former Kentucky swimmers filed a lawsuit saying their former coach sexually assaulted them and that the university ignored warnings about his alleged inappropriate behavior toward women.
Two former Kentucky swimmers filed a lawsuit against the school, its athletic director and former swim coach Lars Jorgensen on Friday, claiming the coach sexually assaulted them and that the university ignored warnings about his alleged inappropriate behavior toward women.
Jorgensen resigned as Kentucky coach in June. The university did not provide any detail about why Jorgensen was leaving the swim team when it announced his resignation. Mark Howard, who had coached with Jorgensen at the University of Toledo, told the plaintiffs' attorneys that he emailed Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart and the swim team's then-head coach Gary Conelly when Jorgensen was first hired as an associate head coach in 2012 to warn them about a previous alleged incident of sexual misconduct.
Alexander, who now identifies as male, said he reported the details of Jorgensen's alleged assault to a university Title IX officer in June 2023. The woman who says she was assaulted in 2013 also shared details about her alleged rape with the Title IX office around the same time. The Title IX office was investigating a different complaint about Jorgensen's"coaching tactics," according to the lawsuit.
Kentucky Swimmers Lawsuit Sexual Assault Coach University Inappropriate Behavior Allegations
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