Former Adult Performer Sues College, Alleges Mistreatment Over Her Past (YNOT)

Read the full article by Gene Zorkin at YNOT.com

EUGENE, Ore. – In February, a woman named Nicole Gililland filed a lawsuit against the Southwestern Oregon Community College (“SWOCC”) District, the community college itself and six employees of the college, asserting that the defendants subjected her to an “illegal hostile education environment,” among other claims.

In her complaint, Gililland alleges the defendants violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and accused them of breach of contract, negligent supervision, intentional interference with economic relations and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

According to Gililland’s complaint, SWOCC first became aware of her past as an adult performer in the spring of 2018, when “an individual informed SWOCC that Plaintiff was a former adult model and actress.” The complaint further alleges that defendant Melissa Sperry, a nursing instructor and academic advisor at SWOCC, “became aware of Plaintiff’s former career” at that time, as well.

The alleged hostile environment appears to have first been experienced by Gililland following her prolonged absence from school that same spring, when she had a kidney infection and suffered sepsis.

Gene Zorkin has been covering legal and political issues for various adult publications (and under a variety of different pen names) since 2002.