According to reports from the Press & Sun-Bulletin, a report from an internal inquiry conducted by Binghamton University stated that the sexual harassment suit filed by employee Elizabeth Williams against two athletic department officials “was not sufficiently proven.”

The investigation, headed by Human Resources Director Joseph Schultz and and Affirmative Action Officer Valerie Hampton, was created to explore the harassment complaints made by Elizabeth Williams and was completed May 13, 2009.

The inquiry also stated that the two officials accused, Senior Associate Athletic Director Jason Siegel and Assistant Athletic Director for Development Chris Lewis, did not generate an adverse work environment. However, it maintained that the two “should be disciplined for failing to properly carry out their managerial and supervisory responsibilities.”

The defendants of the case, which also include two BU alumni who attended a fundraiser in Manhattan in January 2009, and the University itself, officially motioned on Thursday, Oct. 19 to have the case moved from the southern district of New York to the northern district.

“Today we filed a motion to change venue, and she [Williams] has until Nov. 9 to respond and the we have until Nov. 19 to re-respond,” said BU’s attorney, Lou DiLorenzo.

He added that for a case to be tried in the Southern District, there must be a defendant in that district.

“She claims [the harassment] began here, the investigation began here … it’s a pretty simple concept,” DiLorenzo said.

Williams said that the harassment began on her first day of work and lasted nearly two months before she filed a complaint with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in March of 2008.

According to an affidavit of Joann J. Navarro, Schultz and Hampton met with Williams on “multiple occasions and conducted numerous interviews.”

Williams agreed not to continue in her own office while the internal investigation was going on, and since it has ended, has resumed her former position without any cut in pay, DiLorenzo said.

According to one of the reports, which broke Monday night, Williams’ lawyer was unavailable for comment.