Federal Judge Dismisses All But Athletic Director’s Defamation Claim

A federal judge from the Western District of Kentucky has let stand the claim of Murray State University’s athletic director that are overzealous university president defamed him with a press release after a relationship between the two men deteriorated.   In particular, the court noted that it would be better left to a jury to determine whether the president acted with Malice when he attributed statements to an NCAA representative about the MSU athletic department that were never made. &