The University of Louisville along with the NCAA is investigating allegations in a upcoming book that the former staffer taken care of escorts to possess sex with recruits and players, the college announced on Friday.
According to some report from Yahoo!, the novel alleges that former grad assistant and director of basketball ops Andre McGee paid a madam thousands over a four-year period, and hosted 19 parties for Louisville and McGee.
The book alleges that more than a four-year period, Katina Powell brought women into Billy Minardi Hall – the basketball dormitory within the Louisville campus that is certainly named after Pitino's late brother-in-law – by using a side door to entertain players and recruits. Powell also says her dancers – which included her daughters – also entertained Louisville players at other locations off-campus. After the women danced with the players with an agreed-upon sum, Powell alleges that they would negotiate an additional payment with the women to obtain sex using the athletes.
The book alleges: “At the peak on the dormitory and off-campus entertainment a lot more than $10,000 cash exchanged to Katina for supplying the women. This does not add the hundreds of $ 1 bills thrown in the dancers at intervals of party by McGee, the recruits and players. Nor does it range from the money paid towards the women who had sex with all the recruits afterward. So frequent were the escapades that Katina would later say, especially following Cardinals won the 2012-2013 NCAA championship: I felt like I was part on the recruitment team. A lot of them players traveled to Louisville as a consequence of me.”
McGee currently is an assistant at UMKC under former Louisville assistant Kareem Richardson. UMKC has now placed him on administrative leave, the teachers announced.
"We were very disappointed," Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich said within a press conference following reports. "We were surprised and shocked that something such as this would take place in our program."
"To say I'm disheartened or disappointed may possibly be the biggest understatement I've made since I've been a coach," Louisville coach Rick Pitino said within his portion with the presser.
Pitino stated that he did a small amount of investigating on his own when he learned in the allegations, but was banned by his compliance department. He also said he spoke with 15 of his assistants, and the man "couldn't find anybody in any way who knew anything about" precisely what is being alleged. He stated that he spoke once with McGee after learning on the allegations, understanding that McGee never owned up towards the allegations.
"Andre was anybody to make sure that nobody got struggling," Pitino said of his former director of basketball operations.
The NCAA is additionally investigating the claim, and as outlined by ESPN has spoke with former potential recruits -- including LSU guard Antonio Blakeney -- regarding their experiences on visits.
"We're a book," Jurich said around the investigation. "Anything they desire, they are able to have."
For its part, Louisville has released your firm stand out that it has retained outside counsel to research the claim.
"The University of Louisville first stumbled on these allegations if the Indianapolis Business Journal contacted the University's sports information department seeking comment in late August.
The University was shocked to hear from the allegations. The University's athletics compliance department was immediately notified. Chuck Smrt in the Compliance Group was retained to conduct an intensive, objective article on this information. Mr. Smrt can be an outside expert who's 34 numerous NCAA regulatory experience, including over 17 years together with the NCAA enforcement staff.
In coordination together with the University's lawyer and faculty athletics representative, Mr. Smrt's review was quickly launched to evaluate the validity from the information and also the potential for any NCAA rules violations. The University, by itself initiative, notified the NCAA Enforcement Staff regarding this matter and has now been in regular communication with these.
The University of Louisville continue its review entirely cooperation and coordination with all the NCAA in case warranted, take any appropriate action. The allegations happen to be taken very seriously. In no way would anyone with this institution condone the alleged activities. To preserve the integrity on the review process, the University will withhold touch upon any details before the review is concluded."
The book, in accordance with Yahoo!, is referred to as “Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball as well as the Escort Queen,” and it's really being published by IBJ Book Publishing of Indianapolis. It alleges how the madam, Katina Powell, has "a huge selection of text messages with (McGee) to create her services, together with pictures of her girls with players and recruits."
The IBJ itself released a statement for the forthcoming book, detailing it alleges "high school-age recruits were offered alcohol by McGee, who also arranged additional payment to her and her dancers if your recruits wanted to get sex with him or her."
Friday, October 2, 2015
Louisville investigating claim escorts were paid to get sex with players
The University of Louisville along with the NCAA is investigating allegations in a upcoming book that the former staffer taken care of escorts to possess sex with recruits and players, the college announced on Friday.
According to some report from Yahoo!, the novel alleges that former grad assistant and director of basketball ops Andre McGee paid a madam thousands over a four-year period, and hosted 19 parties for Louisville and McGee.
The book alleges that more than a four-year period, Katina Powell brought women into Billy Minardi Hall – the basketball dormitory within the Louisville campus that is certainly named after Pitino's late brother-in-law – by using a side door to entertain players and recruits. Powell also says her dancers – which included her daughters – also entertained Louisville players at other locations off-campus. After the women danced with the players with an agreed-upon sum, Powell alleges that they would negotiate an additional payment with the women to obtain sex using the athletes.
The book alleges: “At the peak on the dormitory and off-campus entertainment a lot more than $10,000 cash exchanged to Katina for supplying the women. This does not add the hundreds of $ 1 bills thrown in the dancers at intervals of party by McGee, the recruits and players. Nor does it range from the money paid towards the women who had sex with all the recruits afterward. So frequent were the escapades that Katina would later say, especially following Cardinals won the 2012-2013 NCAA championship: I felt like I was part on the recruitment team. A lot of them players traveled to Louisville as a consequence of me.”
McGee currently is an assistant at UMKC under former Louisville assistant Kareem Richardson. UMKC has now placed him on administrative leave, the teachers announced.
"We were very disappointed," Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich said within a press conference following reports. "We were surprised and shocked that something such as this would take place in our program."
"To say I'm disheartened or disappointed may possibly be the biggest understatement I've made since I've been a coach," Louisville coach Rick Pitino said within his portion with the presser.
Pitino stated that he did a small amount of investigating on his own when he learned in the allegations, but was banned by his compliance department. He also said he spoke with 15 of his assistants, and the man "couldn't find anybody in any way who knew anything about" precisely what is being alleged. He stated that he spoke once with McGee after learning on the allegations, understanding that McGee never owned up towards the allegations.
"Andre was anybody to make sure that nobody got struggling," Pitino said of his former director of basketball operations.
The NCAA is additionally investigating the claim, and as outlined by ESPN has spoke with former potential recruits -- including LSU guard Antonio Blakeney -- regarding their experiences on visits.
"We're a book," Jurich said around the investigation. "Anything they desire, they are able to have."
For its part, Louisville has released your firm stand out that it has retained outside counsel to research the claim.
"The University of Louisville first stumbled on these allegations if the Indianapolis Business Journal contacted the University's sports information department seeking comment in late August.
The University was shocked to hear from the allegations. The University's athletics compliance department was immediately notified. Chuck Smrt in the Compliance Group was retained to conduct an intensive, objective article on this information. Mr. Smrt can be an outside expert who's 34 numerous NCAA regulatory experience, including over 17 years together with the NCAA enforcement staff.
In coordination together with the University's lawyer and faculty athletics representative, Mr. Smrt's review was quickly launched to evaluate the validity from the information and also the potential for any NCAA rules violations. The University, by itself initiative, notified the NCAA Enforcement Staff regarding this matter and has now been in regular communication with these.
The University of Louisville continue its review entirely cooperation and coordination with all the NCAA in case warranted, take any appropriate action. The allegations happen to be taken very seriously. In no way would anyone with this institution condone the alleged activities. To preserve the integrity on the review process, the University will withhold touch upon any details before the review is concluded."
The book, in accordance with Yahoo!, is referred to as “Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball as well as the Escort Queen,” and it's really being published by IBJ Book Publishing of Indianapolis. It alleges how the madam, Katina Powell, has "a huge selection of text messages with (McGee) to create her services, together with pictures of her girls with players and recruits."
The IBJ itself released a statement for the forthcoming book, detailing it alleges "high school-age recruits were offered alcohol by McGee, who also arranged additional payment to her and her dancers if your recruits wanted to get sex with him or her."
