Tyrone Hankerson Jr. will sue Howard University for $10 million
Tyrone Hankerson Jr. — who has been skewered on social media after being accused of embezzling money from Howard University — is now suing the school https://wamu.fm/2HdRJUf
Tyrone Hankerson Jr. says he has faced “bullying and harassment” since he was accused of embezzling some $429,000 from Howard University: https://trib.al/KXoywjA pic.twitter.com/GSEzh7lkCS
Exclusive for @afronews:
Complaint identifies the whistleblower in .@HowardU financial aid money scandal as #GrantGrundy. #TyroneHankerson is suing for breach of duty & negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and defamation.
http://afro.com/accused-financial-aid-embezzler-suing-howard-10-million/ …
#BREAKING #TryoneHankerson’s attorney confirms that he plans to sue @HowardU, @HUPrez17, http://medium.com , the Board of Trustees and more. More details to come.
#BREAKING “It is with great pain and reflection that we have to bring this lawsuit against Howard University.” - James Walker, #TyroneHankerson’s attorney.pic.twitter.com/1GxtCsOB3Q
“If there is some impropriety or illegal conduct, then charge Mr. Hankerson if he did it. Otherwise, He Must Be Acquitted!” - #TyroneHankerson’s attorney.
#BREAKING AFRO Exclusive: #TyroneHankerson complaint alleges #Whistleblower of @Medium article as former @HowardU #fiancialaid student worker, Grant Grundy. http://afro.com/accused-financial-aid-embezzler-suing-howard-10-million/ …
As a baseline, nearly all educational records for universities that receive federal student loan money (meaning almost everyone) are confidential under a federal law called FERPA 3/
FERPA is the Family Educational and Privacy Rights Act, which you can read online here 4/ https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/20/1232g …
It has some complexities to it that we won't dive into here. But with respect to account information — billing, financial aid, etc — a university cannot disclose that info to the public without the student's consent 5/
FERPA *does* allow disclosure under certain circumstances, like to auditors (as happened here), but requires the data be destroyed after rather than released publicly 6/pic.twitter.com/BGJ6sGtWLu
The last act of Finesse: the Tyrone Hankerson story. Can’t wait til this comes out on Netflixhttps://twitter.com/aya_elamroussi/status/982095273601191936 …
In an interview with @rolandsmartin, Tyrone Hankerson maintained that he "did not embezzle" from Howard University.https://twitter.com/i/moments/979768343967227905 …