LSU Coach Kim Mulkey Threatens to Sue Washington Post Over Rumored Hit Piece
LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey ripped the Washington Post over a forthcoming story about her, threatening legal action in a fiery press conference speech on Saturday.
Mulkey accused an unnamed Post journalist of using “sleazy tactics” to solicit negative quotes about her from colleagues and former players. She also slammed the reporter for supposedly “trying to trick” her former college coaches into commenting by misrepresenting her participation in the piece, and of giving unreasonable deadlines for Mulkey and her employer, LSU, to comment on its contents.
“Former players have told me that The Washington Post has contacted them and offered to let them be anonymous in a story if they’ll say negative things about me. The Washington Post has called former disgruntled players to get negative quotes to include in their story,” she said.