Idaho Four Families Sue WSU: 13 Complaints About Kohberger Exposed
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 2 February 2026
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Summary
Washington State University allegedly received 13 formal complaints about Bryan Kohberger in one semester. Stalking. Harassment. Predatory behavior toward female students. A professor who reportedly predicted he would become dangerous. Female students who developed their own warning systems because the institution wouldn't protect them.
The families of the four murdered Idaho students have taken their lawsuit to federal court, alleging WSU had threat assessment protocols and didn't use them — allowing Kohberger to keep his teaching position, university housing, and access to students right up until the killings.
Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down the Title IX claims, the "deliberate indifference" standard, and what federal discovery might reveal about how badly this institution failed.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Bruske, Stacey Cole and Todd Michaels. |
| 0:08.8 | Let's move over to another case that we've obviously been following for quite some time with a new chapter that's being written. |
| 0:15.8 | The families of Kaylee Gonzalez, Madison, Mogan, Zan Kernotal, and Ethan Chapin have done something that |
| 0:21.5 | shifts the focus of the case from the monster who killed them to the institution that allegedly |
| 0:27.3 | knew he was dangerous and did nothing. Their lawsuit against Washington State University was |
| 0:33.0 | now just moved to federal court in Seattle. And the central claim is devastating. |
| 0:39.2 | At least 13 formal complaints were filed against Brian Coburger during his single semester on campus, |
| 0:44.6 | stalking harassment and predatory behavior. |
| 0:46.7 | And the university allegedly sat on its hands while paying him his salary, |
| 0:51.2 | providing him housing and giving him access to the students. |
| 0:55.1 | Were they sitting on their hands too long, I guess, is the question. |
| 0:58.4 | He was in and out after a semester. |
| 1:02.1 | Jennifer Coffendaffer, retired FBI special agent is with us to help break this down. |
| 1:06.7 | Let's talk about this. |
| 1:07.8 | Gen 13 formal complaints about Co-Burger's harassment, kind of, you know, predatory-like behavior towards female students, staff during this single semester on campus, finding ways of communicating, texting 911 to each other as a warning signal that Koberger is nearby. |
| 1:29.1 | From an investigative standpoint on the crimes, obviously, that we know he committed. |
| 1:34.6 | But when we're looking back on this as an armchair quarterback, when you're looking at the |
| 1:39.7 | institutional failures here, or if it was an institutional failure, what does it tell you when a university |
| 1:45.3 | receives that volume of complaints about one individual and takes at least a full semester |
| 1:52.0 | to take any sort of meaningful action? |
| 1:54.2 | Well, you know, I have to say that, that first of all, I understand why the families have come together. And by the way, |
| 2:02.4 | this is a little bit unprecedented from the standpoint of the Chapins. You know, Chapins have |
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