From yesterday’s edition of The Chronicle, the enduring and well-regarded Duke student daily:
JUDGE OKS PRESSLER’S SLANDER SUIT
A North Carolina appeals court ruled Tuesday that former men’s lacrosse coach Mike Pressler can continue with a lawsuit against the University.
Pressler–who signed a settlement in 2007 with the University after he was fired following the false rape allegations in 2006–charges that John Burness, former Duke senior vice president for public affairs and government relations, made slanderous remarks about him after and in violation of the settlement, which included a clause precluding defamatory comments.
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