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University of Texas Settles Racial Discrimination Lawsuit for $600,000

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The University of Texas has decided to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by its former track coach Bev Kearney.

The school and Kearney agreed to settle the case for $600,000 with $277,450 going to the coach and the rest to her attornies.

According to the settlement records obtained by the American-Statesman, the former coach was taken off the track in 2013, after the school came to know about her “inappropriate” decade-old relationship with an athlete.

Kearney alleged school of treating her unjustly by forcing her out of the job while giving promotion to Major Applewhite, a football coach, who also had a relationship with a student trainer.

Her attorney John Mask had last year said that they were claiming $4 million in damages which included the value of a new contract that she was supposed to sign before being forced out.

In the past few years, the school tried to stall the case, with its officials negating the allegations of the coach by calling them “unfounded.” The Texas Supreme Court in 2017 allowed the lawsuit to proceed, leading to deposition of top university officials.

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