The Hamilton County Reporter has learned Indianapolis television station WTHR Channel 13 filed a lawsuit against the Hamilton Southeastern School District.
According to court documents on June 8, 2018, lawyers for WTHR filed the suit after a year-long investigation conducted by veteran reporter Bob Segall.
Click here to read a copy of the lawsuit.
Segall’s investigation focused on Indiana public school teachers and staff being suspended, placed on administrative leave, moved or resigning with little to no information being provided to the public to explain the changes.
A part of Segall’s investigation included the suspension of Fishers High School football coach Rick Wimmer.
Segall and WTHR allege the Hamilton Southeastern School District, after several requests, refused to produce a factual basis for Wimmer’s suspension and to provide access to certain information in Wimmer’s personnel file; information Segall and WTHR believes is public.
In addition to WTHR’s lawsuit, on Thursday the Hamilton County Reporter published an article indicating former Fishers High School student Jayden Bond and his mother, Joniece Brooks, had recently filed suit against the Hamilton Southeastern School Corporation and Rick Wimmer, alleging Wimmer touched Bond in a rude, insolent or angry manner. Bond and Brooks allege Wimmer’s actions were racially discriminatory.