Fresno State attorneys are asking a judge to overturn a multimillion-dollar verdict against the university in a gender discrimination case involving former women’s basketball coach Stacy Johnson-Klein.
She sued Fresno State claiming gender discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation. Johnson-Klein won $19.1 million from a jury earlier this month.
The university has said Johnson-Klein was fired because of her job performance.
On Wednesday, Fresno State attorneys filed motions requesting a new trial and for the case to be moved outside Fresno. They also requested that the judge overturn the verdict, claiming Johnson-Klein showed insufficient evidence.
The judge will consider those motions on Jan. 18.
Knee surgery shelves LSU’s Fowles.
LSU’s Sylvia Fowles will miss two to four weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on her right knee.
The senior injured her knee during the second half of LSU’s win over Miami in Cancun, Mexico, last Wednesday. Orthopedic surgeon Brent Bankston operated on Fowles’ knee in Baton Rouge last Friday.
