UofL and Pitino might be in a steaming pile of trouble

[TrueblueCATfan]

I heard tonight, the new AD at UL will be Bill Cosby.

LMAO......

[Lighthouse]

Just an observation and thought. UL's athletic department is very tight lipped about this situation they are in. The decision to not allow Pitino to go to the ACC meeting, and not take questions from the fans during his radio show sure makes me think there are 2 possible reasons why. Either Pitino is a big baby that doesn't want to take tough questions, or there is truth to the allegations and they are afraid he might say something wrong.

[Matt Dillon]

Or both...

[Joneslab]

I think it's common procedure when an investigation is going on for the attorney to put a gag order on his client. Given Pitino's penchant for turning fifteen-second soundbites into ten-minute tirades against the media and culture and the world at large, I'd say they didn't want him to go down to media day and just lose his mind.

[Wonderstruck]

Good to see President Ramsey doing all he can to make sure he and his university show as much discretion as possible during this time so as to stay out of the news.

[Lighthouse]

I think it's common procedure when an investigation is going on for the attorney to put a gag order on his client. Given Pitino's penchant for turning fifteen-second soundbites into ten-minute tirades against the media and culture and the world at large, I'd say they didn't want him to go down to media day and just lose his mind.

While I don't disagree, I wonder why Pitino is different from other coaches who had issues. I don't remember Williams or the coach from Syracuse missing media day. It casts a shadow of guilt on the whole situation IMO. I remember some about the scandal at UK when the money issue came out, but can't recall if Sutton had a gag order.

[Joneslab]

Meanwhile at UofL students have organized against the university president and the Commonwealth's Attorney has started issuing subpoenas.

Otherwise, everything's fine.

[JFCats22]

Meanwhile at UofL students have organized against the university president and the Commonwealth's Attorney has started issuing subpoenas.

Otherwise, everything's fine.

Uh oh...may be some trouble brewing. I believe the CW Attorney is a UL undergrad and law school alumni though

[Uncle Dave]

""Meanwhile at UofL students have organized against the university president".

Why?

[Joneslab]

Uh oh...may be some trouble brewing. I believe the CW Attorney is a UL undergrad and law school alumni though

The grand jury will want them to reveal their sources and hand over all the information used in the book.

Likely Powell and the publisher will plead that they are protected under the First Amendment, and then a judge will likely have to step in and rule. Could take awhile.

[JFCats22]

The grand jury will want them to reveal their sources and hand over all the information used in the book.

Likely Powell and the publisher will plead that they are protected under the First Amendment, and then a judge will likely have to step in and rule. Could take awhile.

I read that so far Powell and the publisher are the only ones subpoenaed. That would be unbelievable if true. How they could get away with not giving anyone from UL a subpoena would be mind blowingly crazy.

[Joneslab]

I read that so far Powell and the publisher are the only ones subpoenaed. That would be unbelievable if true. How they could get away with not giving anyone from UL a subpoena would be mind blowingly crazy.

Might be because the burden of proof is on her. Once a grand jury has the evidence--her journal, phone records, etc.--then they can subpoena others.

I'm not really sure how it works, nor am I really sure that the charges are that heinous. It all sounds terrible, but really prostitution is just a slap on the wrist. They might be looking at some other stuff, but I'd say the grand jury is just trying to get a feel for what kinds of evidence they have and who's involved.

Will likely mean little for the NCAA investigation. That's still going to go poorly for UofL because IMO the NCAA will want to set an example with this. Some people have said that it will look like what SMU got, but IMO it'll be worse than that. Probably between Penn St. and Syracuse. The NCAA will try to use this as a model punishment for other schools, and they'll do a similar thing with UNC.

(Assuming the UofL stuff is true, and I think the fundamentals of it are.)

[thughes]

The grand jury will want them to reveal their sources and hand over all the information used in the book.

Likely Powell and the publisher will plead that they are protected under the First Amendment, and then a judge will likely have to step in and rule. Could take awhile.

Here is how this works. Once the Grand Jury has issued you a subpoena, you have to appear before that grand jury. Once under oath there are only two things you can do, testify as to what you know or plead the 5^th. If you plea the 5^th the grand jury can vote to give you either partial immunity or full immunity as to what they are investigating.

Now once they have granted you immunity that is it. You must testify and tell all. You can no longer claim the 5^th. If you refuse to testify that is contempt of the grand jury and you go to jail until you decide to talk.

Grand juries have a time limit to be seated. If the grand jury reaches the time limit and has to disband then you get out of jail. But once the next grand jury is seated, they drag you back and it starts all over again.

No judge has the power to break up a grand jury. They are the most powerful investigative body with that power to issue immunity.

This is the quick and dirty of the process.

[Los Gatos]

Hey, thanks for the explanation.

Another question, can a grand jury in Kentucky subpoena a resident of another state and thus force them to testify in Kentucky?

Seems unfair that an individual in Hawaii (for example) would be force to incur the expense of a trip to Ky at the whim of a KY grand jury.

[TrueblueCATfan]

TBCF needs to set up the next The Door . Say a week beforehand...seriously

TBCF is just fine.....sitting back and just watching it all play out.....my dirty friends sure have been quiet