Former president Aguillard suing Louisiana College

Joe Aguillard is suing the private Baptist college he led for nine years, according to documents filed Tuesday in Rapides Parish.

His tumultuous presidency of Louisiana College in Pineville ended in 2014 after two attempts to oust him from the leadership position. But he stayed connected to the school as "president emeritus" and a tenured faculty member until he was stripped of the honorary title April 12 by the LC Board of Trustees.

The action cut ties between the college and Aguillard, who was removed from his tenured faculty position earlier in the spring 2016 semester. The school's Faculty Affairs Advisory Committee had recommended Aguillard be removed after a hearing at which "violations of the LC Faculty Handbook and charges were considered."

A suit for civil damages was filed Tuesday in the 9th Judicial District Court with Aguillard as plaintiff. Named as defendants are Louisiana College; Rick Brewer, who took office as LC president April 7, 2015; Don Benton Connor Sr.; and RSUI Indemnity Company.

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