The University of Louisville has filed a lawsuit against former head coach Rick Pitino. The suit is for monetary damages from NCAA vacated games, final fours and the school’s 2013 national championship.
Here are details from WDRB.com:
The University of Louisville has sued former men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino for monetary damages from NCAA vacated games, final fours and its 2013 championship, alleging the coach’s negligence and “wrongful conduct” in current and previous scandals has tarnished the school’s reputation.
“Mr. Pitino, and not the University, was the active wrongdoer,” the lawsuit alleges after noting the NCAA has ordered the school to return money received for the 2012-2015 men’s basketball tournaments.
The university is also seeking “any bonuses and other compensation wrongly paid” to Pitino for those tournament appearances, according to the suit, filed Wednesday in federal court.
The suit claims Pitino was fired because of “conduct over a period of years, including without limitation, his involvement in multiple recent and highly publicized scandals involving himself, personally, and the University of Louisville’s men’s basketball team.”
The lawsuit, filed as a counterclaim to Pitino’s more than $35 million suit against the school’s athletic department, claims Pitino was in charge of the program when it committed multiple NCAA violations, including those stemming from the Katina Powell escort scandal.
