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re: As The Red Beans Boil: Formal request for Coach O to testify at April 8 hearing

Posted on 4/2/21 at 1:24 pm to
Posted by BrerTiger
Valley of the Long Grey Cloud
Member since Sep 2011
21506 posts
Posted on 4/2/21 at 1:24 pm to
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Am I reading it correctly about their subpoena power?


Probably.

They can't force him to say anything meaningful though. All they are likely to get is him repeating the statement he already made and deferring to LSU for all other questions.

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That's a he said/she said that almost certainly (unless someone can produce call logs - and they're LONG gone at the provider level) can't be proven.


Yup. That's where all of this currently sits. Without some other evidence being served up, we have nothing more than he said/she said regarding what Coach O did or did not do.

I think the real wild card is Sharon Lewis.

Sharon Lewis took the call from Gloria Scott on 12/13/17 per the Husch Blackwell report. Scott claims Lewis was there when Coach O allegedly called her. Lewis could directly speak to whether or not that is true.

Sharon Lewis is a black female (meaning she probably is quite empathetic to Gloria Scott) who graduated from LSU in '91. Per the HB report, Lewis was singled out by LSU:

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The only person in the entire University who has ever been disciplined in any form for failing to
make a report under PM-73 is Athletics Department employee Sharon Lewis, a long-time Football
Operations employee and current Associate Athletic Director for Football Recruiting and Alumni
Relations. This is ironic because Lewis has lodged several reports of sex harassment throughout
her tenure.


If she knows more about what happened with how the Gloria Scott incident was handled, I think she could be persuaded to give up the goods. Lewis' statements as revealed by the HB report already led to the downfall of Miles and F. King. What else does she know?
This post was edited on 4/2/21 at 1:34 pm
Posted by PlateJohnsonIII
Member since Feb 2020
6159 posts
Posted on 4/2/21 at 1:32 pm to
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They can't force him to say anything meaningful though


Even if he shows up, he has the right to refuse to answer any question.

However, given his position at LSU, failure to deny serious misconduct under oath could be a fireable offense.
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