The University of Kentucky is suing its student newspaper in order to avoid releasing documents regarding the alleged sexual assault by a professor against two students.

James Harwood, associate professor of entomology, violated school sexual assault policies when he sexually harassed and “fondled” two students in 2012 and 2013, according to 122 pages of investigation documents that were leaked to The Kentucky Kernel, UK’s student newspaper.

Harwood resigned without stated cause in February, two months after being charged with sexual assault and harassment. Since the release of the story, Harwood has denied the charges and cited “family medical reasons” as the cause for his resignation.

After UK refused to disclose the full investigation to The Kentucky Kernel, instead providing them with Harwood’s settlement documents, of which provided no mention of charges of sexual assault, the paperwent to Kentucky’s attorney general.

On Aug. 8 the AG ruled that the university must release all of the documents.

The following day, Eli Capilouto, university president, sent a campus-wide email, which has since been published as a blog post, explaining that the university intends to sue the student paper in order to block the release of the documents. UK claims that this is in an effort to set a precedent for privacy, saying they cannot and should not decide when it is appropriate to violate victim-survivor’s privacy and trust.

According to Marjorie Kirk, editor-in-chief of The Kentucky Kernel, UK’s decision to sue the paper is a reflection of its stance on transparency.

“It’s incredibly disappointing to find out that your university is protecting someone like this, or doesn’t have the best interests of its students in mind,” Kirk said in an interview with BuzzFeed News. “We believe we are in the right and we believe that the judge would see it that way.”