After Scott’s testimony, LSU issued a statement in response:
“As detailed in the Husch Blackwell report, Coach Orgeron never had any direct communications with the complainant. He has and will continue to follow university protocols regarding reporting.”
Orgeron s statement contradicts Scott s testimony. The coach wrote that he spoke with a man in 2017 who told him that a woman felt disrespected by Guice and wanted him banned from playing in the upcoming Citrus Bowl.
“Sometime in December 2017, an athletic department representative told me that Mr. Guice had disrespected an older woman and the representative wanted him to apologize. I was not given the details, Orgeron wrote in the statement. I trusted our staff, and like them, believed that if Mr. Guice was disrespectful, he should apologize. The representative brought Mr. Guice to my office after our practice. I was given a number to call, I dialed, and a gentleman answered. I do not recall the gentleman giving me