Bryan Kohberger victims' families sue Washington State University.

The families of four University of Idaho students have filed a lawsuit alleging Washington State University ignored repeated complaints about Bryan Kohberger; Kohberger pleaded guilty and is serving life, and WSU has 20 days to respond.

The families of four University of Idaho students have filed a civil suit against Washington State University, saying the deaths should not have occurred if the university had acted on complaints about a graduate student. The complaint, reported as 126 pages and obtained by the Daily Mail, alleges students and staff raised multiple concerns about Bryan Kohberger during the 2022 fall semester. Kohberger later pleaded guilty to four counts of murder and one count of burglary and was sentenced to life in prison. Key facts: - The complaint alleges WSU accepted Kohberger into its criminal justice program, employed him as a teaching assistant, and received multiple complaints about his behavior during the fall 2022 semester. - Kohberger pleaded guilty in July to four counts of murder and one count of burglary and is serving a life sentence in an Idaho maximum-security prison. - The lawsuit, which seeks a jury trial and unspecified monetary damages, gives WSU 20 days from filing to respond. Summary: The families claim institutional inaction allowed troubling behavior to continue and contributed to the deaths of four students, an allegation WSU will have to answer in court. WSU has 20 days to file a response to the complaint, and the plaintiffs seek a jury trial and unspecified damages. Kohberger is already serving a life sentence following his guilty plea.