A principal who resigned after allegedly having an affair with a school superintendent has sued her former employer, arguing that the circumstances surrounding her departure differed dramatically from those of her former male superior.
Melissa Cole – who resigned from Lexington-Richland School District Five last August – filed the suit yesterday in U.S. District Court.
Cole’s attorney, J. Lewis Cromer, declined to comment on the lawsuit.
Three weeks before Cole’s resignation last summer, former district Superintendent Scott Andersen resigned his post as well.
Their alleged affair made statewide news.
Developing …
By BIN News Editorial Staff May 20, 2009 at 5:16 pm
sic(k) willie may be able to get her on his Sunday night face off “radio” scam. They can discuss how vouchers will prevent scandals like this.
And how vouchers can prevent criminal domestic violence, genital warts, and that tired bloated feeling sic(k) willie gets every month.
Even a first year law student knew this would happen.
The only question was which local lawyer would be desperate enough to take it on contingency. She won’t get a dime.
And she may get stuck with court costs. Watch for her to be featured soon along with Mandeee as another contributing editor to fits.
By Mab May 20, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Good for her. Godspeed to you, Melissa Cole.
*Newsflash*
Women are not disposable — our careers “count” too.
By WTF May 20, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Yawn… who cares?
By Mincing Words May 20, 2009 at 8:19 pm
BIN, you are a moron who clearly knows nothing about how the law actually works. Lewis Cromer is “the man” when it comes to making a shitpile of money off government agencies in employment cases just like this one. Juries like to give away other people’s money. All Cromer needs is to get Margaret Seymour on the bench, or Kosko, and the case gets past summary judgment.
By Fashizzle May 20, 2009 at 8:38 pm
You’re idiots. Andersen was her supervisor – she can claim she was pressured and it becomes sexual harassment. And the male got a severence package while the female got nothing. Now you have sexual discrimination. This will quickly settle with a non-disclosure agreement attached. Write it down.
By Forizzle May 21, 2009 at 10:19 am
Pay the bucks now and get it over with. Save us all the lawyer fees.
By Laurie S. May 20, 2011 at 7:10 pm
I was interested in this case as I knew some of the parties involved. I know that the first summary judgment was in favor of Cole and then the second summary judgment was in Cole’s favor. Then I looked for a juror trial and it has disappeared. Since FITS NEWS was so interested in this, I would like to see the outcome. Is this beyond public view? Did the District lose and pay her off? What happened?