University of Wisconsin Interim Chancellor David Ward received a second report on Monday on an investigation into two additional allegations of misconduct against former Senior Associate Athletic Director John Chadima.
According to a statement released Monday, the university is obligated by law to provide Chadima with a notification that the report will be publicly released because the allegations arise from during his tenure of employment at UW.
UW must also allow him 10 days to file a court action objecting to its release. In the statement, Ward added UW will publicly release the second report as soon as it is legally permissible to do so.
Vice Chancellor for University Relations Vince Sweeney said Monday afternoon UW had not received notification yet from Chadima’s lawyer on when university officials could release the report.
“We’ve notified Mr. Chadima’s legal counsel that we got the report, and they have by law up to 10 days to file an objection to our releasing it,” Sweeney said. “So we’re on hold at the moment.”
Retired Dane County Circuit Judge Patrick Fiedler, who conducted the first investigation, also led this review into allegations from two other adult males of sexual assault from Chadima.
The first 30-page report released by Fiedler and three other officials detailed an interview with a male student identified as “John Doe,” describing the alleged sexual assault at a party the night of Dec. 30, 2011, for athletic department staff and student employees.
Documents obtained by The Badger Herald showed Chadima’s text correspondence during the Badgers’ trip to the Rose Bowl, revealing threatening text messages sent immediately an alleged sexual confrontation with a student employee were sent from his phone and more than $1,000 in damages were made to a hotel suite.
The documents show Chadima sent a text on the night of the party threatening to send the employee home after firing him from his position.
Chadima resigned from his post in early January after he was placed on administrative leave.
