This is college, Chicago-style. It's the tale of a university administrator, who claims she was fired when she refused to cooperate in a plot to file multiple false sexual harassment accusations against a critic of her school's president.

LaShondra Peebles, the former interim vice president for enrollment and student affairs at Chicago State University, filed a statement last week in federal court alleging she was pressured by the university's president to file a false sexual harassment claim against a professor.

Peebles said CSU President Wayne Watson wanted her to file the false accusation because the professor, Philip Beverly, ran a blog that was critical of Watson's administration.

When Peebles was promoted to interim vice president, Watson requested that she inform him of any conversation with Beverly. Peebles had one conversation with Beverly, in September 2013.

"We sat at my conference table and discussed CSU enrollment strategy and my professional qualifications to address CSU's enrollment issues. Our conversation lasted 10 to 15 minutes," Peebles stated. "At the conclusion of our conversation, Beverly referenced his military experience and said that he had found it essential in life – as in the military – to have a 'wing man' or someone to 'watch your back.'"

Peebles told Watson about the meeting, and the CSU president began characterizing Beverly's words as a "threat," according to Peebles' statement. Peebles said she did not feel threatened by Beverly's words.

A few months later, Peebles hired Monica Moss as dean of students and told her about the policy regarding conversations with Beverly. After Moss met with Beverly, she told Peebles, who told Watson.

"Complying with Watson's standing instructions, I called Watson and informed him that Professor Beverly has spoken with Moss without discussing the content of the conversation," Peebles alleged. "Watson responded by stating 'that's three,' claiming that Beverly had threatened and sexually harassed Angela Henderson, Moss and myself. Watson stated that he needed the three of us to charge Beverly with sexual harassment."

"Watson said that he and the CSU administration were in a fight against Beverly and that he wanted to get rid of Beverly. Watson told me that he needed my help in the fight and advised me to file a lawsuit for sexual harassment against Beverly based on Beverly's visit to my office," Peebles added. "I told Watson that I did not feel threatened or harassed by Beverly's conversation. Nevertheless, Watson asserted that I had been harassed and that I 'did not realize it.'"

After months of refusing to file the false accusation, Peebles was fired in June 2014. She filed a civil lawsuit on Feb. 18, 2015, alleging wrongful termination. Nearly two weeks before she filed her lawsuit, President Watson announced his retirement.

In am email to the Washington Examiner, CSU director of communications Tom Wogan flatly denied Peebles' claim.

"LaShondra Peebles was terminated from Chicago State University for legal reasons that are currently being investigated by the Cook County State's Attorney's office. Her claims in her civil suit have no credibility and are completely false," Wogan said. "This is nothing more than an attempt to salvage her own reputation while smearing the name of a respected public university. When all is said and done, her lies will be exposed for what they are."