Barbara Burke, Mary Curtis, and Paula Jantz, all high-ranking women in the Iowa Athletics Department, were on the stand Monday to defend Iowa Athletics Director Gary Barta in Meyer v. University of Iowa.
Gene Taylor, the man who replaced Jane Meyer in the deputy AD role in 2014, also testified. Taylor said he told Barta after an August 2014 meeting (in which Meyer yelled at Barta) that he would fire her.
The trial continues today.Â
Here are other key points from Monday:
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Curtis testified that she has never known Barta to “make a decision on gender.”
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Jantz said Barta has always treated her as a friend.
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Jantz, who was the direct supervisor of the field-hockey program, testified she did not know of Meyer’s relationship with Griesbaum until an article in October 2014 exposed it.
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Burke, who was recently named deputy AD at Iowa, said Barta has been her mentor.
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Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller testified that he was frustrated working with Meyer on renovations to the baseball field, saying turf was installed incorrectly because of miscommunication.
Source: Des Moines Register