A North Carolina Golf Coach Is Accused of Stalking and Outing a Gay Athlete
A former student-athlete at Queens University of Charlotte has sued for sexual harassment, accusing the school for failing to act after she was outed by her coach for being gay.
Cameryn Smith, a Queens student and varsity women’s golfer for the Royals from 2015 to 2019, says the actions of coach Meggan Bunker and the failure of the coach’s superiors to step in subjected her to harassment, humiliation and estrangement from her teammates. Smith says she suffered depression and insomnia while her athletic and academic performances plummeted.
Smith identifies as gay. Her lawsuit, which surfaced Thursday in federal court, accuses the school of deliberate indifference to Title IX of the Civil Rights Act, which bans sexual discrimination at schools that receive federal money. The complaint also says Queens is guilty of negligent infliction of emotional distress.
