Three North Carolina Central University employees have filed lawsuits against Chancellor Debra Saunders-White accusing her of discriminating against non-blacks at the school and spending taxpayer money on personal meals, entertainment and home exercise equipment. NCCU issued a statement Wednesday that denied the allegations and stated they will defend the school in court. Marianne Murphy, a former professor at NCCU’s business school, and Francis Smith, former director of graduate, professional and executive programs at the business school, are seeking back pay in addition to other damages in their federal lawsuits. Kimberly Luse, Saunders-White’s former chief of staff, filed her suit in Durham County Superior Court and is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages for health problems that she said resulted from a hostile work environment.

SOURCE: WRAL