A former longtime University of Oregon business employee alleges retaliation by the university after she complained about a supervisor’s “mismanagement, gross waste of funds, and abuse of authority.”
Cherokee Staples filed a wrongful discharge lawsuit Wednesday, March 11, in Lane County Circuit Court, also alleging sex discrimination and a violation of the state’s whistleblower protection law.
Staples began working for UO in 2011, and, in 2023, became a director of business operations, the lawsuit states…