3 Ex-Professors Sue Oral Roberts U.

Three former faculty members at Oral Roberts University sued the evangelical institution in a Tulsa, Okla., state court on Tuesday, alleging that President Richard L. Roberts used university resources to fund a lavish lifestyle for his family and to back a local mayoral candidate, John Gravois writes on The Chronicle’s Web site. The lawsuit also accuses university officials of attempting to conceal the president’s involvement in the campaign from the Internal Revenue Service during an investigation of the university for interfering in a local election in violation of its nonprofit status, he writes.

The professors are suing for breach of contract, wrongful termination, slander, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, Gravois writes.

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