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Posted on: Monday, October 12, 2009

CFB: EEOC complaint resolved for New Mexico coach


By TIM KORTE
AP Sports Writer

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico coach Mike Locksley has resolved “all legal claims” involving a former football administrative assistant, although details were scarce in a statement issued by the university.

According to a plaintiff’s attorney, Locksley told Sylvia Lopez she was too old to be attractive to recruits, prompting the 25-year university employee to file an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint against the coach in April.
It alleged age discrimination, retaliation and, according to comments attributed to Lopez’s attorney, Whitney Warner, sexual harassment.
The statement, issued late Monday, indicated it was “unfortunate the label of sexual harassment was used in this case because it never fit” Lopez’s circumstances.