A female student who reported she was sexually assaulted by former University of Evansville men’s basketball coach Walter McCarty has hired a national law firm to "investigate and represent her in a potential action against the coach and the university," according to a statement sent to the Courier & Press.
McCarty was fired on Jan. 21 for alleged sexual misconduct. He had been on administrative leave since Dec. 27.
The Dallas-based Simpson Tuegel Law Firm and well-known victim's rights attorney Michelle Simpson Tuegel will represent the student.
“This was the classic power imbalance,” Tuegel wrote in the release.