The worst part? It was all about school politics.

Blake Neff of the Daily Caller reports.

College President Accused Of Pushing Fake Sex Harassment Claims

The president of Chicago State University pressured a high-level administrator at the school to file a bogus sexual harassment claim against a faculty member who criticized him.

According to new allegations filed as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the school, LaShondra Peebles, formerly the school’s interim vice president of enrollment and student affairs, said that she was ordered by president Wayne Watson to accuse Professor Phillip Beverly of sexual harassment.

Beverly is a contributor to the blog CSU Faculty Voice, which sharply criticized Watson’s policies and accused him of severe mismanagement of the school. He is one of two plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the university, claiming it sought to illegally shut down the blog via an overbroad “cyberbullying” policy and retaliate against professors who contributed to it.

Peebles is also suing CSU, claiming her refusal to accuse Beverly caused Watson to fire her in June 2014.

In her filed statement, Peebles describes Watson as practically obsessed with Beverly, and says she heard numerous conversations between Watson and other officials over how they might fire Beverly and destroy his blog.