Alison Melder Denies Affair With Petrino

Alison Melder, the Arkansas Young Republican and former model who spent at least two months heavily corresponding with Bobby Petrino according to his phone records, has a lawyer and has finally made a statement. Here's an email from Jeff Hagood, of Hagood, Tarpy & Cox in Knoxville...

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"Unfortunately, my client has been drawn into a firestorm that is simply sad. While she did meet Coach Petrino last fall and kept in touch; the truth is that Alison has never in her life been alone with Coach Petrino. She is not a public figure, and any suggestion that she was involved in an extramarital affair with Coach Petrino is false. And it is actionable."

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SEC side note: Apparently Hagood is a longtime confidant of and former attorney for Phil Fulmer. Hmmm...