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Read Roy King's legal petition. Roy King's Suit Against LSU

One of the reasons he was fired is related to 'improper' stipends/scholarships for TGBFTL members (which includes Golden Girls and Color Guard). It looks like he has all listed LSU personnel hog-tied on that one alone (sections 5-8).

Not to mention nepotism -though that charge is somewhat nebulous (section 9 and section 29).

The $50K donation allegations can easily be corraborated by the donor, if they are willing to testify (sections 10-16).

Further, there is a little bombshell regarding a "wealthy former Golden Girl" and a proposed $500K donation intended for Golden Girl scholarships that was allegedly thwarted by the School of Music that is quite intriguing and,again, can be substantiated by the donor (sections 17-20).

Roy King's summary statement buttressed by claims in preceding sections (section 28).

Then the suit doubles way down and presents arguments regarding denial of Roy King's right to due process under LSU policies, illegal reprisal under Louisiana statutes, violation of First Amendment rights, and a demand for trial by jury(sections 41 through 63).

Man, if even half of this stuff is accurate, LSU really went out of it's way to screw this guy and will pay through the fricking nose - and probably a hell of a lot more than they were trying to squeeze out of TGBFTL to begin with...

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Posted by ProjectP2294

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Member since May 2007

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Posted on 5/3/16 at 8:41 am to Knight of Old

I'm only 15 pages in, but it seems like the secretary at the school of music sucks at doing her job.

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Posted by TigerGman

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Posted on 5/3/16 at 8:48 am to Knight of Old

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Man, if even half of this stuff is accurate, LSU really went out of it's way to screw this guy and will pay through the fricking nose - and probably a hell of a lot more than they were trying to squeeze out of TGBFTL to begin with...

I'm all for Roy. But actually his grounds are pretty weak. This is more about airing dirty laundry than making a strong legal case

ETA: it does show how bad he was screwed over.

This post was edited on 5/3/16 at 9:42 am

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Posted by Dusty Bottoms

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Posted on 5/3/16 at 11:01 am to Knight of Old

Even if he accomplishes nothing else, he has totally exposed the School of Music leadership and their attempted money grab.

Agree with the OP's that if half of the allegations are true, the university and the leadership involved here look really really bad.

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Posted by rjokerlsu

Big Spring, TX

Member since Apr 2007

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Posted on 5/3/16 at 11:05 am to Knight of Old

Thanks to all for the solid legal analysis. Without getting into any specific points already discussed, I strongly believe this will be settled out of court, like most suits are.

On a side note, when Pokey sued LSU, I said that would be settled out of court and a few insisted LSU should take that to court. I knew the school did not need that type of media coverage that would result, and of course, it was settled.

Obviously, the issues involved are different here, but it will and should certainly be settled out of court.

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Posted by AbitaFan08

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Member since Apr 2008

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Posted on 5/3/16 at 12:44 pm to Knight of Old