Bo Ryan’s mistress Robin Van Ert is back in the news with an odd lawsuit. She is taking legal action against UW-Madison and other Madison school officials.
When cases like these are announced, it’s always smart to be careful who you mess around with. Take notes, ladies and gents. Bo Ryan’s mistress, Robin Van Ert, is striking back against the school because she felt that her privacy was violated. Here are details behind this lawsuit.
A complaint filed by Robin Van Ert, 42, in federal court in Madison against Chancellor Rebecca Blank, athletic director Barry Alvarez and six other UW-Madison officials stems from their investigation into her relationship with Ryan and the subsequent public release of a 2015 email notifying them of the relationship and accusing Ryan of misconduct.
“As a direct and proximate result of defendants’ actions, Van Ert has suffered severe emotional and physical distress and illness, loss of privacy, harm to her reputation, loss of business and has incurred substantial damages and legal fees,” the complaint states.
This is only the beginning. The irony is that the lawsuit doesn’t even mention Ryan’s name but obviously alludes to him.
The complaint, which doesn’t name Ryan but refers to a “former head coach of a University of Wisconsin varsity sport,” claims the officials didn’t perform their ministerial duties when investigating whether Ryan used university funds inappropriately.
On Feb. 11, 2015, Van Ert sent Blank and senior Athletic Department officials Walter Dickey, Terry Gawlik and Bruce Van De Velde an email detailing her relationship with the married Ryan and expressing concern about his involvement in the university, according to the complaint.
According to the lawsuit, she had to close her business because once this went public, her reputation was in shambles.
In all, the complaint alleges the action of the officials amounted to deprivation of due process rights, unlawful retaliation, denial of equal protection, invasion of privacy, negligence, defamation and conspiracy.
Along with Blank, Alvarez, Dickey, Gawlik, Van De Velde and Lucas, the complaint names Raymond Taffora, vice chancellor of legal affairs, and Lisa Hull, public records custodian, as defendants.
We’ll keep our eyes on this as this was just filed a day ago. But today’s lesson is to make sure who you choose as your side chick. In other words, don’t have one.
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