According to court documents, the University of Louisville altered Brian Bowen’s recruiting document to hide the presence of sports agent Christian Dawkins during Bowen’s visit to the school.
Here are details from WDRB:
Court documents made public Wednesday in a civil suit of former head coach Rick Pitino show that official paperwork was changed to keep Christian Dawkins’ presence on a visit with prized high school recruit Brian Bowen in May 2017 unknown.
During a deposition, former men’s basketball assistant coach David Padgett said he learned after he became interim head coach that Johnson “influenced” then director of basketball operations Michael Bowden to keep Dawkins name off the “unofficial visit form” of Bowen. Below is a copy of a U of L “Men’s Basketball Unofficial Visit Record” obtained by WDRB News.
Dawkins is now charged in a sweeping FBI investigation into alleged bribery acts to bring top-flight high school basketball recruits to certain college programs.
According to the FBI, Bowen’s father struck a deal to receive $100,000 for his son to play basketball for the Cardinals.
Sorry, this is where Padgett said he didn't find out until after he became interim coach pic.twitter.com/NE3GvLhQb9
— Jason Riley (@JasonRileyWDRB) August 30, 2018
Interesting development for Kenny Johnson, who was hired by La Salle in May. https://t.co/5k2FIzwsbd
— Mike Rutherford (@CardChronicle) August 30, 2018
