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Fayetteville superintendent fired after sexual harassment investigation

The Fayetteville School Board voted unanimously to fire Superintendent Matthew Wendt Monday night following a sexual harassment investigation.
Credit: Fayetteville School Distrcit

The Fayetteville School Board voted unanimously to fire Superintendent Matthew Wendt Monday night following a sexual harassment investigation.

The lawyer of the woman who filed the complaint released the document in a press release on June 14, CBS affiliate KFSM reported.

The woman said her problems with Wendt began in September 2017 with an invitation to meet "a group of employees after a Saturday employee retreat." But when she arrived, no one else showed up except Wendt.

While the two were there, she said he "pulled my face around and kissed me."

After that incident, she received texts from Wendt to meet at a hotel. She eventually met him at the hotel where they had drinks and had sex in October 2017. The woman said it was "the biggest mistake I've ever made."

Wendt allegedly requested the two start a relationship and when she refused, she said Wendt started driving by her house.

The behavior would escalate until a sexual harassment complaint was filed on May 25 with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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