[53] Though Aguillard remained president-emeritus and a faculty member after he was forced to resign the Louisiana College presidency, he was finally terminated from both positions in the spring of 2016 following an evaluation.
In September 2016, Aguillard filed suit in the 9th Judicial District Court in Alexandria to seek damages for "civil conspiracy" involving breach of contract, assault and battery, and emotional distress.
The defendants include Louisiana College, Aguillard's permanent presidential successor Rick Brewer, private investigator Don Benton Connor Sr., and the insurance underwriting firm RSUI Indemnity Company.
[55] Then in late May 2017, Louisiana College filed a civil suit seeking unspecified damages for defamation against former President Aguillard, who it alleges "engaged in a regular and pervasive campaign to undercut" the institution including "ghostwriting faculty member grievances" against the administration.
Individual plaintiffs include Louisiana College president Rick Brewer and Cheryl Clark, whom Aguillard accused of having illegally changed the final grades of more than "a dozen nursing students.