Jerry Falwell Jr. is the ex-president of Virginia’s Liberty University.<br />On Thursday, Falwell announced he is suing the evangelical Christian university.<br />Business Insider reports that last summer Falwell he was ousted from this summer following allegations of an extramarital affair.<br />The lawsuit was filed in Lynchburg Circuit Court on Wednesday.<br />It describes Falwell and his family as the targets of a “malicious smear campaign incited by anti-evangelical forces.”<br />“Liberty University not only accepted the salacious and baseless accusations against the Falwells at face value, but directly participated in the defamation."
