Friends of Lord Rennard also told the BBC he had gone after specific health warnings.
BBC: Lord Rennard claims: Peer reprimanded over telephone call
Lord Rennard has denied the allegations, which he described as a "distortion" of his character.
Rennard says that she spent about a hundred and fifty thousand dollars on coursework.
Former Lib Dem chief executive Lord Rennard is accused of inappropriate behaviour towards at least 10 women.
BBC: Lord Rennard claims: Peer reprimanded over telephone call
Lord Rennard, who stepped down as chief executive due to ill health in 2009, denies the allegations.
Haggis and Rennard shared a house in Santa Monica, which soon became a hub for progressive political fund-raisers.
Rennard had grown up in a Scientology household and joined the church herself at the age of seventeen.
Lord Rennard said he knew of no complaints against him in his 27 years working for the Lib Dems.
Over the last week Lord Rennard has faced accusations of sexually inappropriate behaviour towards a number of female activists.
But senior Lib Dem Baroness Williams called Lord Rennard a "very fine man".
Two women told Channel 4 last Thursday that Lord Rennard had abused his position by inappropriately touching and propositioning them.
Police and crime commissioner Vera Baird has defended her tweet about the Liberal Democrat peer Lord Rennard and Cardinal Keith O'Brien.
Both Lord Rennard and Cardinal O'Brien, former leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, strongly deny separate allegations of inappropriate behaviour.
The BBC asked to speak to Lord Rennard, who strenuously denies the allegations, but was told he was not giving interviews.
Mr Clegg said wanted a change of personnel when Lord Rennard quit but the "immediate reason" for his going was "ill health".
BBC: Lord Rennard claims: Peer reprimanded over telephone call
Ms Smith says she left the Lib Dems as a consequence of how it had dealt with the claims against Lord Rennard.
It has since been reported that his colleague Lord Stoneham called one of the women who had complained to newspapers about Lord Rennard.
BBC: Lord Rennard claims: Peer reprimanded over telephone call
The Liberal Democrats "let people down" by not dealing with claims made against the party's ex-chief executive Lord Rennard, Nick Clegg has said.
BBC: Nick Clegg tells Lib Dem conference party 'let people down'
Under fire for his party's handling of allegations against ex-chief executive Lord Rennard, he said voters could trust the party's record in office.
BBC: Eastleigh by-election 'two-horse race' claims Nick Clegg
Lord Rennard quit his party role in 2009 and, over the last week, he has faced accusations of sexually inappropriate behaviour towards female activists.
BBC: Lord Rennard claims: Peer reprimanded over telephone call
In previous statements, Lord Rennard has said he was "deeply shocked" by the allegations and described them as a "total distortion" of his character.
But Baroness Williams, a senior member of the party, said the Lord Rennard situation had been "hopelessly exaggerated" and he was "a very fine man".
BBC: Lord Rennard claims: Peer reprimanded over telephone call
On Friday, Mr Clegg said the Lib Dems had "let people down" by not dealing with claims made against Lord Rennard, which the peer rejects.
It was Liberal Democrat strategist Chris Rennard who first pointed out an unusual fact about the Eastleigh constituency after the local election results last May.
The spotlight has also been put on the party after the emergence of accusations of inappropriate behaviour made against former Lib Dem chief executive Lord Rennard.
They may have been satisfied with reassurances that Lord Rennard had been spoken to about what they regarded as his unacceptable behaviour and was going to resign.
The Lib Dems have reprimanded a peer following reports he telephoned and angrily remonstrated with one of the women who had complained to newspapers about Lord Rennard's conduct.
BBC: Lord Rennard claims: Peer reprimanded over telephone call
The inquiry will also look at whether Lord Rennard stood down as chief executive in 2009 for reasons other than that he gave at the time of health grounds.
Accusations of inappropriate behaviour against former Lib Dem executive Lord Rennard have emerged, causing the party to launch investigations into what went on and the way it handled the issue.
She said in a BBC interview on Wednesday she had decided to go public with the claims against Lord Rennard because she was "very worried that he would make a comeback".
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