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Admits to an affair

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Again, UNSUBSTANTIATED. Nothing in the letter Arizona sent out described anything about blackmail.

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Former Arizona football coach Rich Rodriguez serially harassed his assistant, including grabbing his penis in front of her, trying to kiss her, telling her “I love you” in a text message, and making her cover for his extramarital affair,

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Filing a notice of claim is an early step in the process of suing a public university in Arizona.

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ccording to the claim, the plaintiff felt comfortable working for Rodriguez for the first two years, until, in 2013, she says he created something called “The Hideaway Book,” which established what she says were a ghost set of procedures for coaches and a few members of the football operations staff. “The Hideaway Book” attempted to help Rodriguez conceal his infidelity from his wife, according to his former assistant, and that the document contained the line: “Title IX doesn’t exist in our office.”

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or the next three years, Rodriguez’s assistant says she was was put in situations where she was to lie to his wife and shield him from her learning of his infidelity, she says. In November 2015, she says she had to act as a buffer between Rodriguez’s wife and girlfriend

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On the woman’s last day with the university on Aug. 11, 2017, she says Rodriguez’s wife came to the office and began demanding information from the assistant about Rodriguez’s girlfriend. It was then, she says, she “admitted she knew about the girlfriend and apologized for not telling her sooner.”

The claim closes by asking to settle “all claims they may have against Richard A. Rodriguez, his wife, and their martial community for $7,500,000.

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