A former assistant dean at Middle Tennessee State University is suing the school's leaders after she was fired in September following social media remarks regarding the death of conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.

Laura Sosh-Lightsy, formerly assistant dean of students at the Murfreesboro university, filed the lawsuit against MTSU President Sidney McPhee and Danny Kelley, interim vice president for student affairs and dean of students, on Nov. 5.

In the lawsuit, filed in the United State District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Sosh-Lightsy claims her first First Amendment rights were infringed upon and she was punished for “engaging in constitutionally protected speech on a matter of undeniable public concern.”

Sosh-Lightsy worked at MTSU f

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