Former university president accused of violating Oregon law with response to LSU scandal

Former Oregon State University and LSU president F. King Alexander, who resigned just nine months into his OSU tenure over revelations that LSU’s athletics department systematically covered up sexual misconduct allegations under his watch, also appears to have violated Oregon law.

Alexander used OSU lawyers to respond to investigators in Louisiana, according to an Oregon Government Ethics Commission report. Alexander was president at LSU from 2013 to 2019, when he left the position to run OSU.

The Oregon commission staff recommended that it find that Alexander violated two state statutes related to good governance. The commission will make a final decision during a hearing Friday.

“The evidence is sufficient to make a preliminary finding of one violation each of the conflict of interest and prohibited use of office provisions of Oregon Government Ethics law,” the commission’s investigators wrote in a preliminary report.

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