UO therapists allege administrators acted illegally in basketball case 02/09/2015
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UO therapists allege administrators acted illegally in basketball case
Update: The Huffington Post has more, including the letter, which calls out the UO General Counsel’s office for special attention:
Josephine Woolington has the report in the RG, here:
Morlok wrote in her email that she was “scolded and (her) job was threatened” when she sought legal advice after a UO official told her to provide the student with “non-standard care” because the student was likely going to be involved in a lawsuit against the university. Such a request, Morlok said, “went against my ethical and professional standards.”
Morlok also alleged that the student’s clinical records were accessed without her knowledge, without the student’s permission and without any court authorization.
The lawsuit alleged, among other things, that a UO administrator in December accessed information that the student shared with Morlok in therapy sessions — in violation of state and federal privacy laws — to prepare against a lawsuit. Those records contain details about the victim’s personal and family life that are not related to the case, the lawsuit said.
In related news, the response from Dana Altman and UO to the allegations from “Jane Doe” is here. Altman is still claiming that he had no clue that Austin had been suspended at Providence for sexual assault, and now Austin’s mother is backing that rather difficult to believe claim. (See end of pdf). Sami Edge has more in the Emerald, here:
“We are heartbroken about this case and regret being in litigation with one of our students,” Tobin Klinger, a university spokesperson said in a statement. “We stand by our recruiting processes and support services to students.
The first part of that is pretty shameless, and the second part pretty questionable, Klinger. Even Gottfredson’s hand picked review panel agreed that athletics recruiting and support services needed some work.
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