She's an eyewitness, so are her two daughters. Their testimony is not hearsay. That's direct evidence. ESPN also had 5 players (3 Louisville players & 2 recruits) confirm the allegations. Also, not hearsay. They are eyewitnesses. They confirmed the phone records and wire transfer too. If this were court she could testify to all of that and the records could come in as evidence against Louisville. The forensic expert could testify about how authentic all of the records are. Her journals could also be used to allow her to refresh her recollection if she were testifying. There's pictures of her in the dorm, with the players that could also be used as evidence. For what other purpose would random prostitutes who do not live near the school or attend the school be in the dorm? If McGee were charged with some sort of crime and this was the evidence they had against him, he'd be found guilty. Easily.
There's no one who has directly rebutted any of her evidence. They've said things like "I didn't know" or "I didn't see anyone having sex" or "I didn't come there for these women". No one has said 100% the entire thing is made up. You have to present a defense at some point. Without McGee coming forward to deny everything, explaining this away somehow and the university coming up with a plausible reason why these prostitutes were actually in the dorm, they basically have no defense.
When someone is prosecuted for a drug or property crime, like trafficking or robbery, usually a lot of the eyewitnesses who have actual direct knowledge are other criminals or lowlifes. You don't have school teachers, pastors and little old grandmothers on the stand describing how Pookie's heroin distribution operation works, because they have no clue how it works. What you have are a few drug addicts and a low level dealer all with criminal histories who have cut deals for lesser charges saying Pookie is a drug dealer. And Pookie ends up in prison.
Besides the NCAA doesn't have a reasonable doubt evidentiary standard like a prosecutor in a criminal court. They popped Memphis because Rose refused to cooperate and answer their questions. They never actually proved he didn't take that test. I don't think they even had someone who said he took the test for Rose. Their case was much weaker against Memphis and Memphis was hit pretty hard. I'm sure Rose didn't actually take that test, but the burden they met in that case was a pretty low threshold. There weren't any eyewitnesses, no paper records, no phone records.
I don't even think the issue is now "did this happen". I think the issue now for Louisville is "who knew about this" and more importantly "who should have known". I don't think Pitino had direct knowledge. I think he knew they were having dorm parties and that naked women were involved and kids got laid. I doubt he realized that McGee was dumb enough to hire prostitutes off the street. I'm also sure he was aware McGee could get extra cash when he needed it to make sure recruits had a good time, like every other school playing big time sports. I'm guessing that one rung below Pitino people knew about the hookers though. I'd say one of the assistant coaches definitely knew. I'd also say Pitino was pretty willfully ignorant as to the specifics of what went on. This is a guy that obsesses over body fat percentages and is known as a micro manager. Him not having direct knowledge was strategic. That's what is problematic. The NCAA can now hit him because "he should have known" due to being been burned by all these big time coaches being willfully ignorant for years.
As far as Jurich, even if he knew exactly what was going on, there's no proof and there's no presumption that he "should have known" about this because he's too far removed from it. I think he's safe, for now. The one thing that could derail him would be a female student alleging she was raped or sexually assaulted in that dorm and sues the school. Then you can point to Jurich's handling of all these sex scandals (Ramsey too) and say they fostered this culture on campus, specifically in the athletic department. That is what has to be terrifying for the university. The right female student plaintiff with the right fact pattern could be an incredible problem for them in a federal lawsuit. They'd have to dump Jurich at that point and probably Ramsey, but it would not be directly related to cheating in athletics.
There you go. Probably more than you ever wanted to know about this.
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