Director Of Student Judicial Affairs Fired At Tennessee; Possible Inapproriate Relationship

Mar 9, 2013; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers guard Trae Golden (11) after the game against the Missouri Tigers at Thompson Boling Arena. Tennessee won 64 to 62. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports

According to a report from the Sports Animal the University of Tennessee has fired Jenny Wright, the director of office of student judicial affairs.

Here’s the quote from the Sports Animal’s report.

"The Sports Animal has learned that Jenny Wright, director of the office of student judicial affairs, has been terminated for failure to cooperate with a UT investigation into whether she had inappropriate relations with student-athletes. One of those athletes, we’re told by sources, is former UT basketball player Trae Golden.The Sports Animal has obtained documents via the FOI act stating that she was fired today just before 9:30 am. Wright, who had worked at UT since 2001, was fired by Susan Martin, provost and senior vice chancellor, rather than by her immediate supervisor, Tim Rogers, vice chancellor for student life human resources, who oversees the office of student judicial affairs. A meeting was scheduled at 9 am today with Martin. Wright’s attorney, Robert Kurtz, said in a letter that his client respectfully declined the invitation to appear the meeting with Martin."

The most alarming part of the report is the plurality of the word students, meaning there might be more people then just (allegedly) Golden involved.

This is the just the latest in a string of bad publicly moments for the university, but it looks like it’s being handled in the correct way by the administration.

We’ll have more details as they become available.