( CNN ) -- Ohio State 's former marching band director is speaking out for the first time since the university fired him over the band 's overly sexual culture . Jonathan Waters was fired in July after a university investigation concluded he `` should have known about sexual harassment that created a hostile environment . '' Waters told CNN affiliate WBNS on Tuesday that he was `` absolutely shocked by the one-sidedness of the report , '' and called his firing a `` rush to judgment . '' He also said that despite the school 's conclusion to the contrary , he was sanitizing the marching band 's historically tawdry culture that he first experienced as a sousaphone player in the 1990s . `` That cultural change is also evident in the many , many letters from current and former band members , which attest to Jonathan 's efforts and concrete success at moving the band 's culture in a positive direction , '' his attorney , David Axelrod , said Tuesday . The investigation 's report , released July 23 , told of bawdy band member nicknames and risquÃ© traditions such as the `` midnight ramp , '' in which band members entered the stadium through a ramp wearing only their underwear . Axelrod said Waters knew about some of the band 's bad behavior , but he said he did `` everything he possibly could to end it . '' `` You know he experienced inappropriate behavior as a rookie band member himself . He was deeply affected by it and that 's why as band director he did everything he could to stop anything inappropriate , '' he said . The attorney said Waters `` left the band with a far improved culture from the one that he inherited , '' and slammed the report that ousted him . `` Had ( investigators ) chosen to talk with a representative sample of students and alumni , rather than its hand-picked , isolated sample , its conclusions would have been far different , '' he said . The university responded Tuesday . `` The former director has yet to produce any factual examples that demonstrate any tangible attempts to change the band culture , '' said Gary Lewis , an Ohio State spokesman . `` In fact , the former director himself acknowledged that he knew of the nicknames both as a student member of the band and as its director . '' But Waters said `` the university found no tangible evidence of cultural change because it conveniently chose not to look . '' Ohio State also appointed two interim band leaders Tuesday . Attorney : Band director was wrongly fired over 'flawed ' report .
Ex-Ohio State Marching Band leader breaks his silence after being fired last month . OSU ousted Jon Waters after a report detailing a pervasive sexual culture within the band . Waters calls the report one-sided and says his firing was a rush to judgment .