Seton Hall says former university president Joseph Nyre improperly accessed privileged information that found its way into explosive news reports.

Seton Hall filed a lawsuit against former president Joseph Nyre Wednesday, accusing him of “illicitly accessing, downloading, maintaining and later disseminating confidential and proprietary documents,

Seton Hall University sued former President Joseph Nyre, alleging he leaked documents in an effort to paint his successor in a bad light. Nyre filed his own explosive lawsuit last year.