In the lawsuit filed on Monday, Clemens alleged the BOT repeatedly violated North Carolina Open Meetings and Public Records Laws. Published in The Daily Tar Heel on Sept. 24, 2025.
I have continued to follow the former provost’s lawsuit against the University throughout the 2025-2026 academic year. This story resulted in two follow up stories. On Oct. 10, 2025, when the former provost requested recovery of trustees’ alleged deleted texts through ‘forensic imaging’ and on Oct. 19, 2025, when that request was denied by a judge.
