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Professor fired over Charlie Kirk post could receive $1.9M in settlement
https://wgntv.com/news/national/professor-fired-over-charlie-kirk-post-could-receive-1-9m-in-settlementKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – University of Tennessee System officials have approved a tentative agreement that would pay a former UT-Knoxville professor who was fired over comments she made in the wake of political activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination nearly $2 million.
The Audit and Compliance Committee of the UT Board of Trustees on Monday voted to approve the settlement that would pay Dr. Tamar Shirinian $1.9 million to end litigation claiming that her First Amendment rights were violated when she was placed on leave last year over comments made on her personal Facebook account after Kirk’s murder.
Shirinian would not be reinstated to her former position as an anthropology professor as part of the settlement, which was OK’d by the full UT Board of Trustees on Tuesday. It still must receive approval from Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti.
The university placed Shirinian on leave in September shortly after Kirk’s death. She apologized in a letter to UT Knoxville Chancellor Donde Plowman in which she called her comments “ineloquent and heartless.” Shirinian condemned political violence in the letter and said that her post was insensitive but did not endorse violence.
