Waters: OSU Board Of Trustees Directly Involved In His Termination

Fired Ohio State University marching band director Jon Waters says the board of trustees was directly involved in his dismissal and is asking his legal review be broadened to include other employment actions by board members.  In a court filing, Waters cites as evidence a handwritten letter to his parents by School of Music Director Rick Blatti sent last September in which Blatti cites the board's role in the firing and says it happened without his knowledge or input. Waters was fired in July for what the university says was his ignoring and mishandling of a "sexualized culture" within the band. Waters has four months to prove the gender discrimination claim in a federal civil-rights lawsuit.