Herbert Kitchen remembers seeing doctor Bonnie Candia Bailey at Lincoln
University's homecoming.
She was just the epitome of of hospitality and generosity.
I spoke with three alumni today,
Kitchen, Nell Cheatham and Earl Wheatfall Senior,
about Bailey's death and the fallout involving President John Mosley.
Kitchen and Cheatham say they spoke with Bailey on January
6th,
2 days before she died by suicide.
Bailey shared with them many concerns over Mosley's performance,
calling him controlling and unwilling to take input.
Bailey said she even asked for time off through the
Family Medical Leave Act due to stress and anxiety.
Didn't get it. She even reached out to the board
in November about the same issues,
but was told the board wouldn't intervene,
only this situation at the feet of the curators.
They should have been aware of what was going on
and as long as it went on,
the bullying, the harassment that she went through.
It was just too much.
Lincoln University board president Victor Paisley says a third party
will now come in and review the situation.
He says the board wants to make sure worker mental
health is a top priority and that Mosley would be
taking a paid leave of absence while it goes on.
But the group says they fear the outside review is
just to cover up the problems.
I see them setting this up to gaslight everybody and
that they're going to eventually find a way to re
establish him.
In that position. It's gonna break loose Luke if if
he is not off,
if he's not removed from that campus.