Western New Mexico University’s former president, Joseph Shepard, is suing the university and several present and former state officials alleging that they conspired to “destroy his reputation” after he raised questions about a $1 million state budget appropriation for a charter school located on the university campus.

The complaint alleges a wide-ranging conspiracy to cover up corruption and to punish Shepard through media disclosures, ethics investigations and the termination of his faculty position following his departure as president.

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