Trustees criticize University of Kentucky’s suit against student newspaper

BOWLING GREEN — The University of Kentucky’s lawsuit against its student newspaper over an open records dispute drew sharp criticism from a few UK trustees Friday after the college's president defended the way the school has handled the situation.

UK is appealing a decision by Attorney General Andy Beshear that said the university violated Kentucky's open records law when it denied the Kentucky Kernel's request for information on a professor accused of sexual misconduct.

At the Board of Trustees meeting Friday, UK President Eli Capilouto emphasized the university's responsibility to protect victims' privacy.

"I feel deeply that our students involved in this incident and their families deserve privacy," he said. "They should be the only ones who decide whether to tell the details of their story."

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