An associate of white nationalist Richard Spencer is suing Ohio State University after university officials refused to rent space for Spencer to speak on campus, The Associated Press reported Sunday.

The university said Friday that they would not allow Georgia State University graduate student Cameron Padgett, who organizes tours for Spencer, to rent space on campus for an event with Spencer.

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“The university has deemed that it is not presently able to accommodate Mr. Padgett’s request to rent space at the university due to substantial risk to public safety, as well as material and substantial disruption to the work and discipline of the university,” a lawyer for Ohio State wrote in a letter to an attorney representing Spencer’s associates and obtained by The Guardian.

Lawyer Kyle Bristow had threatened to sue Ohio State ahead of the decision Friday if officials didn’t allow Spencer to speak on the campus.

Bristow similarly threatened to sue the University of Cincinnati if officials didn’t allow Spencer to speak there. Cincinnati officials eventually agreed to allow him to appear on campus.

College officials have been hesitant to allow the white nationalist leader to appear on campuses. Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) declared a state of emergency ahead of Spencer’s talk at the University of Florida last week.

Protestors flooded Spencer’s talk in Florida on Thursday, and three men were arrested and charged with attempted homicide after the event for firing a gun toward protestors outside the speech.