More lawsuits in UNC academic scandal; whistleblower settles with university

Former basketball player Leah Metcalf, and former football player James Arnold filed a separate but similar class-action lawsuit in state court in North Carolina.

Ken Wainstein, who was hired by the university to act as an independent investigator, revealed in October that academic fraud had taken place at UNC for 18 years, and that UNC officials were wrong when they denied — for nearly five years — that anyone in athletics was involved.

UNC said, “We believe the settlement is in the best interest of the University and allows us to move forward and fully focus on other important issues.”

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