I work as a Resident Assistant(RA) at a college dormitory in Texas. A coworker of mine(lets call him Fred, not his real name), who was also an RA, got promoted to the Resident Manager(RM) position when our RM at the time moved on. Before our old RM left, my coworker was dating a resident(not against policy as he was not an actual employee of the college but it was frowned upon) and then when he decided to apply for the RM position, he broke up with the resident as it was strictly against rules and policy for an RM to have a relationship with a resident. Fast forward a month later, Fred gets the job as RM. Within 24 hours of being hired and acting as RM, he tries to sleep with the same resident. The resident told him no, and then two days later, he attempted again. The resident is one of my best friends and so naturally she talked to me about it as well as told another RA about it. We knew this could be a serious violation of Title ix so we ended up going to Fred's boss about it. Long story short, nothing was done about it. Fred's boss didn't take any action and there was nothing else to be done. Since then(this happened in early June) Fred had been hostile and rude. Though he did hire the same resident as an RA for the fall as he was being impartial and she had applied. Now she is dating a fellow RA(Fred's old friend) and since then, Fred's hostility has only increased. He creates tense environments at work and he singles her out on things while he ignores actions of on of the other RAs(we have 5 total RAs plus Fred). We have just found out that back in the beginning of August, Fred added the two other RAs(excluding his ex gf, myself and her new bf) to a secret group chat where he has been trying to build a case against all of us to get us fired. I have screenshots of all of the because of of the 2 RAs he added told us all about it and how she knows it's not right. She also told me how he specifically wants me gone even though I have done nothing wrong and that he has been actively trying to figure out how to get rid of me and his ex gf. After reading all of the chats, he says thing like "let's stay quiet for now", "this will help us build a case", etc... I'm at the point where I need to know if this constitutes retaliation and what route I should take. I went to his boss once before on him and she swept it under the rug. Now I'm at the point of going to the chancellor of the college and potentially getting a lawyer. Just need advice on if any of this constitutes me seeking legal help. Sorry if this is all a bit jumbled. If you need clarification on anything, please ask me in the comments! Thank you