Fund Raiser Sues SUNY-Binghamton, Saying She Was Used as Sexual 'Plaything'

The Chronicle of Higher Education
News Blog
July 9, 2009

Elizabeth Williams, a fund raiser for the State University of New York at Binghamton, has sued the institution, asserting that senior officials in the athletics department tried to use her as a sexual “plaything,” in part to elicit contributions from prospective donors, the Associated Press reported this afternoon.
In March, Ms. Williams filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in which she alleged “egregious acts of sexual misconduct” by two senior athletics-department officials. In the complaint, she said she had been subjected to sexual harassment by the officials after she began working in the department, in January.
In one instance, Ms. Williams said she had been told to dress provocatively for a fund-raising dinner in New York City, where she said she was offered money from a donor in exchange for sex. The two athletics officials, who accompanied her to the dinner, “encouraged and participated” in the harassment for the remainder of the night, according to her complaint.

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