A judge ruled Wednesday that the University of Louisville attempted to hide information from the public related to the school’s ongoing scandal in the men’s basketball program.
Jason Riley of WDRB shared the ruling from Jefferson County Circuit Judge Barry Willett:
“The University has consistently refused to produce those records based on an unreasonably narrow interpretation of Dr. [Peter] Hasselbacher’s open records request. Moreover, the University has never articulated a plausible legal basis for denying Dr. Hasselbacher access to those records. Under the circumstances, the University’s conduct appears to be nothing more than a deliberate attempt to conceal information that it considers to be embarrassing and damaging to its reputation.”
Here’s an excerpt from Riley’s article:
The University of Louisville appears to have made a deliberate attempt to keep “embarrassing and damaging” information from the public, a judge ruled Tuesday, ordering the school to turn over all documents used by former President James Ramsey when he decided to keep the team out of the 2016 NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
Jefferson Circuit Judge Barry Willett also ruled that the university must pay the court costs for Dr. Peter Hasselbacher, who had sought the records, because the documents were “willfully withheld.”
