Jerry Falwell Jr. Files Lawsuit Against Liberty University. Again
Liberty University and its former president, Jerry Falwell Jr., continue to trade lawsuits, this time with Falwell filing a new one in the U.S. District Court last week, insisting he is owed over $8.5M following his scandalous departure in 2020.
Falwell previously led Liberty University for 13 years and then was allowed to peacefully leave “on good terms” with a substantial multimillion-dollar severance given to him by a cowardly board of trustees despite being embroiled in a sex scandal and a history of inappropriate behavior, started by the infamous yacht photo.
It was later revealed that Falwell was engaging in activities like throwing Trailer Park Boys-themed parties, posing with pants unzipped with a family friend, liking half-naked pictures of models, giving interviews where he’s either drunk or on drugs, or engaging in bizarre weightlifting videos.
He and the university have been embroiled in a series of legal antagonization, with Falwell previously launching a $10M lawsuit against them for defamation, and they, in turn, suing him right back. According to reports:
The lawsuit says Falwell was due $7.6M back in 2020 in his retirement account.
Each year after that, the account was supposed to be credited an additional 6% investment return, now reaching that $8.5M figure he says he’s owed.
The lawsuit claims Liberty is unjustly denying those payments because of pending litigation between them in another case.
Back in 2021, Liberty sued Falwell for $10M, claiming Falwell negotiated his new contract in bad faith, without disclosing the scandal involving a Miami pool attendant that was about to unfold.
Falwell is claiming he resigned without cause, and therefore the contract stands.
Liberty has responded, offering that “this claim is part of a larger dispute currently pending in state court. The University will defend the new action on the same grounds it has already plead on the record in the state case. Liberty is confident it is not legally required to pay these funds and will file the appropriate responses with the federal court.”
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This guy’s like a bad rash. Please just go away, dude.
Just like Rick Warren. The demons keep fighting and fighting. He is a prime reason why the son of a church or college pastor/President should not be the automatic successor to their father.
So true.