IU donors pay $75K to settle Knight suit
Knight not obligated to attend IU HOF ceremony
Updated: Friday, 23 Oct 2009, 7:58 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 23 Oct 2009, 5:36 PM EDT
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Private donors are giving $75,000 to Bob Knight to settle a
lawsuit he filed against Indiana University claiming it didn't
properly defend him when he was sued by a former assistant coach.
A letter signed by lawyers for the university and Knight says
the payment offer from anonymous donors would reimburse the former
coach for expenses from the lawsuit by former Knight assistant Ron
Felling.
Knight settled with Felling in 2002 by paying him $25,000 and
admitting that in 1999 he shoved Felling in anger after overhearing
him criticize Knight's coaching and behavior.
The letter states the settlement doesn't obligate Knight to
attend the Nov. 6 ceremony during which he'll be inducted into
Indiana's athletics Hall of Fame. Indiana fired Knight in 2000.
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