Two University of Akron employees, including a Republican candidate for Summit County, Ohio sheriff, have resigned their positions after a university investigation concluded they violated the school’s sexual harassment policy.
Sheriff candidate Randy Rivers and his supervisor, Michael Jalbert, stepped down from their jobs.
Their actions followed an Aug. 3
complaint filed by a female employee that alleged Rivers began sexually
harassing her after he joined the university in July 2011 as part-time
commander of the Law Enforcement Training Center, according to an
article Saturday in The Beacon Journal. Jalbert was criticized for not
adequately responding to her concerns.
The newspaper declined to name the woman consistent with its policy on sexual harassment and sex crimes cases.
Rivers told The Associated Press in an
interview Saturday that the university pressured him to leave his post.
He said that he had not been warned that any statements were considered
inappropriate.
“I told these people yesterday that I felt like I was blind-folded and being led down a set of railroad tracks,” Rivers said.
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