Instructor Who Challenged Sexual-Harassment Policy Sues East Georgia College Over Job Loss

By Peter Schmidt

A former East Georgia College instructor who had successfully fought sexual harassment charges but then lost his job after all is accusing the institution of illegal retaliation in a lawsuit filed in federal court.

Thomas Thibeault, who had been a full-time English instructor, was accused of sexual harassment, suspended from his job, and escorted off the campus last August, two days after he complained at a