Nerve? Or insanity?

I would love to know the rest of this story (which I excerpt since I don't know if you can get to the link):

New York state officials this week charged that a researcher from the University at Buffalo hired three actors to testify as peers—falsely—in his defense in a scientific misconduct investigation in 2004. That testimony led to a finding that William Fals-Stewart, an expert on addiction, was not guilty of fabricating data, according to a statement released this week by the New York Attorney General.

After the misconduct hearing, Fals-Stewart sued the university, claiming the investigation had done $4 million in damage to his career.

It's not that he hired actors (who claim to have believed they were involved in a mock court). It's that after pulling it off, he then sued the University. The ultimate nerve? Or the psychology of the aggrieved, which often excuses bad behavior? This could be equally entertaining as a Monty Python skit or a Frontline documentary.