Judge Rules Against Montana Coach ‘Forced’ to Resign After Texting Escort Services During Recruiting Trips

A Montana state court judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by a former women’s soccer coach at the University of Montana (UM), finding that the coach had not exhausted the remedies available to him in his contract before filing the claim in the courts as well as the fact that the statute of limitations had expired.   Plaintiff Mark Plakorus was allegedly forced to resign in early 2018 after a UM investigation found that he had used a university-issued cell phone to text escort