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If you've not seen the news.....

Katina Powell, a known prostitute/escort from Louisville wrote a 'Tell All' book about receiving around $10,000 in payments for her services and the services of her daughters (who were underage at times) and other females.

The book was co-wrote by Dick Cady, who just so happens to be a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

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The claims are insane to say the least.

The book claims that Andre McGee, Asst. Coach/Director of Basketball Operations, McGee is also a former U of L player, paid around $10,000 for Katina and her girls to have sex/stripper parties for U of L's recruits and recruits dads while they were on their visits. These actions were supposed to have happened in the U of L basketball dorms. The book also says that Katina Powell has thousands of texts that set up dates, times, the girls and prices from McGee to Powell. Ms. Powell also says she has pictures and wire transactions.

Short of typing out the transcripts from Rick Pititno's & Tom Jurich press conference on Friday evening and having to give you the cliff notes of the book.... to see Rick and hear the way he was talking, he knows this is true.

Not saying that every single point of this book is accurate, but there is NO WAY any rational person can't say that this didn't happen.



Does Louisville loose their 2013 Mens National Championship?
Does Rick Pitino get fired/resign?
Does Tom Jurich get fired/resign?
Do we see criminal charges against Anthony McGee?
Do we see criminal charges against Katina Powell?

And to be honest, Ricky 3 Stacks and loserville have made A LOT of people mad over the years. If one former player/recruit chooses to write a book or wants to file a charge/suit against U of L...... IT IS OVER!!!!


This has to be a Top 5 U of L sex scandal!!!

http://kentuckysportsradio.com/1/so-many...e-scandal/

Drew Franklin & Matt Jones from Kentucky Sports Radio HAVE BEEN EPIC since this story broke on Friday.
Their tweets, website and radio shows have been gold.

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http://www.wave3.com/story/30183209/a-wh...mpaign=3x2

Check out the link above from WAVE3 TV in Louisville.

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - This past weekend featured allegations, accusations, investigations, pontifications and one big publication involving the University of Louisville men's basketball program.

Below WAVE 3 News takes a detailed look back at the events that transpired over the past few days.

It all started Friday afternoon when word trickled out that a Louisville woman, Katina Powell, a self-described madam, had written a book entitled "Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball and the Escort Queen." In it Powell claimed that she provided escorts to dance and have sex with UofL players and recruits over a four-year period. Former UofL point guard, graduate assistant coach and Director of Basketball Operations Andre McGee was the point man in the whole operation, according to Powell.

UofL was quick with a response. It called a hastily scheduled press conference late Friday afternoon. UofL Vice President and Director of Athletics Tom Jurich was there via teleconference and UofL head coach Rick Pitino was there in person.

Jurich said that he was "disappointed, surprised and shocked," by the allegations in the book.

Pitino said that he shared Jurich's sentiment.

"To say I'm disheartened and disappointed would probably be the biggest understatement I've made since I've been a coach," he said. "My heart's just been taken out of my body and broken."

Jurich said that UofL first found out about the book in late August when the Indianapolis Business Journal contacted the school's Sports Information Department seeking a comment.

Jurich said it was at that time that the athletics compliance department got involved and UofL retained Chuck Smrt, of The Compliance Group, a Kansas-based firm, to help with UofL's internal investigation.

"Chuck knows he's the most well-respected person, probably, within the NCAA, and the NCAA has been involved every step of the way," Jurich said. "We're an open book."

Pitino said that he contacted several former assistant coaches and players after UofL was first contacted by IBJ and he indicated that "not one person" knew anything about it. He also said that he talked to McGee, who was an assistant coach at the University of Missouri-Kansas City last season, once after the initial IBJ call.

"At no time did he own up to what's being printed right now," Pitino said.

Within minutes of the new conference's conclusion, Indiana University released a string of emails showing that the owner of the book's publisher, IBJ Book Publishing LLC (an affiliate of the IBJ), was a major donor to the Bloomington, Ind. school and had asked athletic department staff for help verifying a photo for the book. IU also denied any involvement in the book, the accusations or the investigation.

Later that evening McGee's attorney, Scott Cox, held a news conference in which he said that his client knew Powell, but had "never paid her, or anyone else, to have sex with a player or recruit."

"She's a whore," Cox added. "She's interested in making money.

"She's interested in making money and the publisher of this book is interested in making money."

A few hours later the 104-page book, which contains diary entries, numerous text messages that Powell said she received from McGee and some photos, was released online.

More of the book's details soon emerged.

The first chapter begins with a quote from Powell.

"I felt like I was part of the recruitment team. A lot of them players went to Louisville because of me," it reads.

Among some of the more salacious details in the book were that Powell, 43, took women - including three of her daughters - to more than 20 parties at Billy Minardi Hall, which houses the UofL players, and other locations off campus. She said the women danced and stripped for Cardinal players and recruits and performed sex acts with them. In some cases, she said, even recruits' fathers were serviced.

The book alleges: "At the peak of the dormitory and off-campus entertainment more than $10,000 cash changed hands to Katina for supplying the women. This does not include the hundreds of one dollar bills thrown at the dancers at each party by McGee, the recruits and players. Nor does it include the money paid to the women who had sex with recruits afterward."

Saturday the Cardinals held their first public scrimmage of the 2015-16 season, but much of the talk among fans, and in Pitino's post-scrimmage press conference, was about the book.

"One side has come out right now and I think the truth will come out," Pitino said. "We've just got to be patient, let the investigators do their job and move forward."

He was asked if he had, or will read, Powell's book.

"I'll never look at that," Pitino replied. "The name of that book was motive for money and I'm not going to sink to that level. We're going to get the truth, we're going to find the truth (and) if we did something wrong we're going to own up to it."

Later he added: "You've seen one side, there needs to be another side, and that will come out."

Also Saturday a blog post by IBJ sports reporter Anthony Schoettle went up. The post, entitled "Katina Powell: 'This story is the truth,'" included portions of an interview with Powell that Schoettle said took place in late September.

In it Schoettle asked Powell if Pitino knew anything about what was going on behind closed doors at Minardi Hall. She responded, in part: "When I would ask Andre, 'Does Pitino know about this?' he would laugh and say, 'Rick knows about everything.'"

Schoettle also asked Powell if she thought people should believe her.

"I'm not saying people should believe me or that anybody has to believe me. All I know is this is my story. After every show I came home, took my clothes off and wrote about what went on - and that's just what it was."

Schoettle spoke with WAVE 3 News on Saturday evening and talked about his interview with Powell.

"She believes that she's telling the truth," he said. "I think she does have misgivings about what went on and at some point I think her conscious started to weigh on her."

After its release, sales of Powell's book were brisk. On Sunday, "Breaking Cardinal Rules" was the #1 selling sports memoir on Amazon.

"For somebody to engineer this kind of story with this kind of detail, including the fact that she prostituted out her three young daughters, boy that's a pretty imaginative person there," Schoettle said. "I'd almost call that person a genius."

Early reviews of the book were mixed. One customer review on Amazon.com said it was "salacious crap without a shred of proof," while another called the book "as good as anything Woodward and Bernstein did in the 1970's."

As for Powell, she told Schoettle that she wasn't sure how the book would be received.

"I can't say what I expect the response to be because I don't know," he quoted her as saying. "I'm like everybody else. I'm just sitting back waiting to see. I'm thinking it's not going to be a good response. People are going to be interested to read it, they're going to be interested to know what's going on at UofL, how they got their players. But it's probably not going to be a good response from the majority of people because, hey, it's sex, it's my kids, it's all kind of craziness. I'm going to be the blame of a lot. I understand that. I've been up front and told the truth from the beginning.

"This story is the truth. This is what happened for four long years. All I can do is tell my story and hope people understand where I'm coming from and why I told my story. I hope people will understand I did this to survive, and when I say survive, people will probably say, 'Well, you didn't have to do that.' But I did it for survival, to put money in my pocket and food on my table."

http://www.wave3.com/story/30193086/atto...estigation

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – When knowledge of the book Breaking Cardinal Rules dropped, it rocked the University of Louisville athletic department.

The book includes diary entries from Louisville resident Katina Powell, a woman who claims former UofL point guard, graduate assistant coach and Director of Basketball Operations Andre McGee paid for sexual services. She says the escorts were paid to dance and have sex with players, recruits, and in some cases, recruits' fathers.

In her book, Powell said she provided women, including her own three daughters, to participate in the services.

Brian Butler of Dathorne & Butler Attorneys at Law says it's unlikely that criminal charges will stem from her admissions in the book.

"Under Kentucky law and laws in every other state, there has to be a corroboration of a confession," said Butler. "So, if you admit to wrong doing, but there is nothing other than that, it generally doesn't go anywhere.

According to the Indianapolis Business Journal's most recent article concerning the book, Powell said she attempted to notify the NCAA prior to contacting an Indianapolis publisher about writing a book on her claims, but she said a representative for the Indianapolis-based college sports association brushed her off.

“(The man who answered the phone) said he’s not allowed to take a story from somebody on the outside—you know, 'It’s hearsay, I’m not doing that, I’m not taking the story.' I asked if there was anyone else I could possibly tell my story to, and he said, ‘No, there’s no one else. We can’t take outside stories.’ He hung up. I hung up," Powell is quoted in the IBJ article.

The IBJ says the NCAA has declined to comment on whether it had been contacted by Powell.

Some skeptics wonder if Powell could be held under a slander charge if the university chooses to take that route.

"If it is true, there is no slander," Butler said.

But, if the court determines her words aren't true, Butler said it still doesn't fix the university's reputation.

"I think it would be unlikely that they would bring it to court," Butler said. "It would probably keep it in the public eye for a longer period of time."

Butler said the university would probably rely more on the media to help repair the damage to the reputation of the basketball team.

Pitino said that he talked to McGee once after the university was notified of the book.

"At no time did he own up to what's being printed right now," he said.

These are the U of L players that are directly named in the book by Katina Powell. Powell does say that not all of the players named participated in sexual activity. There are several recruits mentioned, but only by first name.

Terrance Williams (page 33)
Chane Behanan (page 33)
Andre McGee (page 9)
George Goode (page 35)
Terrance Jennings (page 35)
Montrezl Harrell (page 75)
Russ Smith (page 96)
Wayne Blackshear (page 96)
Peyton Siva (page 99)
JaQuan Lyle (page 106)
Earl Clark (113)
Antonio Blakeney (page 122)

The fact Pitino has not yet denied it didn't happen is very telling IMO...Where did McGee get the money, it's going to be fun to set back and watch this play out...a adiminstration that hired Petrino and keep Pitno does this reall shock anyone that hookers were involved...

You know Petyon S and Chane Behanan where involved

IRIS Wrote:You know Petyon S and Chane Behanan where involved

Chane Behanan is the gift that keeps on giving to the U of L

Love it

Ive got a feeling ole Chane will never be inducted into the Lville hall of fame.
Im so damn glad he picked Lville over us.

Ive learned to drop the hate for Pitino over the past few years. Its more of a respect thing for what he did for UK. He should never left. Had he not, he would have been looking at probably 4 or 5 titles, more wins the K, and would have retired already. I truly do hope he had no knowledge of this.

As for Jurich, I hope he was the one paying for it.
Mcgee was a Grad Assistant. No way he could afford hookers for players that may or may not come. Somebody was paying the cash. So many UofL people have talked about how this woman obviously has no moral character so she shouldn't be trusted, and to an extent, I totally agree, however, theres no denying something happened and Lville is the last place that should be telling people about moral character. Either UK or Lville has been in the final four for the past 5 years, and to be honest, im glad there somewhat good, because it makes KY look so much better at basketball than NC as a whole.
They are the most profitable program in the country and like it or not, they got a new place when we didn't. I despise every single Lville fan I have ever seen, met, or looked at, but im glad theyre good and im even happier there good and we own them.

Im sure they are in complete melt down mode right now.

Worst Case/Best Case scenarios. These are NOT criminal charges/Civil penalties/NCAA Sanctions. These are scenarios that could happen during the investigations.

Worst Case:
- Former UofL players flip and sign affidavits/sworn statements to the NCAA, Local Police/Jefferson County Commonwealth Attorney.
- The text messages/screen shots are proven to be from Andre McGee's phone.
- The wire transfers/money transactions are proven to be from Andre McGee.
- The money that was paid to Katina Powell & her associates came from the UofL admin./UofL athletic department or boosters.
- *** It is proven that UofL players/recruits, recruits fathers had sexual relations with underage women.***
- The NCAA vacates their 2013 Mens Basketball National Championship.
- The NCAA bans UofL Mens Basketball from post-season and they are placed on probation.
- The entire UofL Athletic Department and Mens Basketball staff are fired/asked to resign.

Best Case: As Matt Jones said on KSR, If UofL does any of these below.... THAT MEANS THIS IS TRUE!!!!
- UofL admits that some of the actions in the book are true.
- UofL sits out from post-season play for a couple seasons to stop further NCAA sanctions.
- UofL implements some strict policies on recruit visits.
- UofL looses some staff in their Athletic Dept./Mens Basketball Program.


These are just my opinions, but keep in mind.....
Criminal charges and Civil lawsuits can still be filed against UofL and Andre McGee.

http://www.wave3.com/story/30198873/uofl...-daughters

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - The University of Louisville Police Department confirmed on Tuesday that it is investigating claims by a former stripper that she prostituted her underage daughters to members and recruits of the school's basketball team.

Katina Powell claims in her bombshell memoir that among the escorts she allegedly provided to the UofL athletes, three of them were her teen daughters, two of whom were minors at the time.

Powell's story first went public Friday, hours before the release of her book, "Breaking Cardinal Rules." The story quickly went national, and both UofL and the NCAA are investigating the claims.

In the book, Powell claims she worked with former UofL player and staff member Andre McGee to provide the escorts for basketball players and recruits. She said she made more than 20 such arrangements and pocketed about $10,000.

UofL Police Chief Wayne Hall issued the following statement Tuesday afternoon:

"The University of Louisville Police Department, in consultation with the Louisville Metro Police Department and the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, is reviewing allegations regarding the men’s basketball program."

After receiving the statement, WAVE 3 News reporter Natalia Martinez called the school and confirmed that the investigation into Powell and her underage daughters also has begun.

This story came from the Courier-Journal

Katina Powell could be prosecuted for human trafficking or complicity to rape if there is evidence corroborating her story that she used her two underage daughters as prostitutes for University of Louisville basketball players and recruits, attorneys say.

Powell writes in her book “Breaking Cardinal Rules” that her two younger daughters were 15 and 17 when she allegedly began supplying them and other women to entertain prospects and players.

While her written admissions alone wouldn’t subject her to charges, Commonwealth’s Attorney Tom Wine said this week that if his office receives “credible evidence of … criminal activity involving minor children, we will vigorously prosecute those responsible for those crimes.”

Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Jeff Cooke, the office's spokesman, said Andre McGee, the team’s former director of operations, whom Powell says paid her, also could potentially be prosecuted as an accomplice.

Powell, 43, did not respond to messages left on her cellphone. But asked if she was concerned about potentially being prosecuted, Powell told a reporter for the Indianapolis Business Journal, whose sister company published the book: "How can I be the only one to get in trouble and go to jail, and I wasn’t the only one to play a part in this....I was asked to do this. Why would I be the only one looking at jail time for something I didn’t ask for? That’s not fair."

Scott C. Cox, an attorney for McGee, said, “I am hopeful that any criminal investigation will clear coach McGee because he has not violated any criminal laws.” McGee went on to work as an assistant coach at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he has been placed on administrative leave.

Wine said in a statement that his office is consulting with U of L Police and the Metro Police Crimes Against Children Unit regarding the possible criminal violations revealed in the book, which he says cause “grave concern.”

Powell and co-author Dick Cady write in the book she "might at one point work with her daughters peddling sex — and take them to church the next day."

She also writes: "People may think that I expose my kids. But … they enjoy themselves, they meet new people. ... For those who have a problem with it, kiss my ---."

The book says Powell provided prostitutes and dancers for 22 parties from 2010 to 2014 to entertain players and recruits and that she was paid about $10,000 for it.

If the scandal is investigated as a crime, says attorney Kent Wicker, a former federal prosecutor, a grand jury could subpoena players and recruits and force them to testify and demand copies of interviews and other records compiled by consultant Chuck Smrt, a former NCAA enforcement officer hired by U of L to investigate Powell’s allegations.

“A grand jury can investigate any way it wants to investigate,” Butler said.

A criminal prosecution also would add to the adverse publicity to which the university already has been subjected, said Frank Mascagni, another criminal lawyer.

“It is not a good thing for the university or basketball team if felonies were committed in its dormitory,” Wicker said.

Asked about a potential criminal investigation, U of L spokesman John Karman released a statement from Wayne Hall, the chief of the campus police department, saying it is reviewing the allegations in consultation with metro police and Wine's office.

Defense lawyers not involved with the case say Powell could be charged with human trafficking — using a person in “commercial sexual activity,” which is punishable by 10 to 20 years in prison if the victims are younger than 18. Proof of force or coercion is not required if the victims are under that age.

Cooke said that if there is corroborating evidence of Powell’s claims, she and McGee could be charged with complicity to statutory rape, which occurs when a person 21 or older has sexual intercourse with somebody under 16.

“When a university employee is being accused of procuring prostitutes who are underage, that is a very serious allegation,” said defense lawyer Brian Butler, who prosecuted cases in state and federal court.

Other potential charges include engaging in a criminal syndicate, which occurs if two or more people collaborate to promote or engage in on a continuing basis “promoting or permitting prostitution or human trafficking." That charge is also punishable by 10 to 20 years in prison.

Defense lawyers say the key will be whether the police and prosecution can pinpoint whether crimes occurred when Powell’s younger daughters were under age. Police also are likely to explore whether text messages that Powell purports are from McGee are legitimate and the source of the money she alleges he paid to her.

Cooke said police need to do their investigation first.

“Our concern is about the children,” he said.

Reporter Andrew Wolfson can be reached at (502) 582-7189 or [email]awolfson@courier-journal.com[/email]

I'm pissed because I didn't get Hookers on my college visits!

Stardust Wrote:I'm pissed because I didn't get Hookers on my college visits!

I would say a Stud like you had your choice of Sapphire's......

Good Lord, Pulp...don't feed him!!

Pulp Fiction Wrote:I would say a Stud like you had your choice of Sapphire's......

Yes, but they were not free!!!!

Neither were these!!
nicker:

The Co-Author, Dick Cady, will be on Kentucky Sports Radio on 10/8/15 @ app. 11:05am

Should be some good radio.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/source--nca...ncaab.html

The NCAA’s UofL Investigation is Underway

But it’s not starting at UofL. The organization is starting their probe with recruits named in the book that did not attend Louisville – JaQuan Lyle and Antonio Blakeney.

Like Blakeney, Lyle was a one-time Cardinal commitment. TooTall and Shay allegedly met with Lyle in June of 2013. He verbally committed to the Cards on June 26, 2013. It didn’t last long – he pulled the plug on his commitment in September – but the timing is certainly worth questioning from the NCAA.

Ohio State associate athletic director for communications, Dan Wallenberg, confirmed to Pat Forde and others that Lyle spoke with the NCAA. He does not seem to be worried about Lyle at all, “It does not affect us or JaQuan at all,” Wallenberg said. “We’ve been told, and are pretty confident, this is not something we need to worry about.”

There are multiple reports that Blakeney has met with the NCAA as well. Both guys could hold the smoking gun and will play an essential part in how the “Breaking Cardinal Rules" story ends.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketba...s-for-ncaa

Ex-Louisville recruit JaQuan Lyle confirms escort allegations for NCAA

Ohio State freshman JaQuan Lyle spoke with an NCAA investigator this week about his recruiting visit to Louisville in June 2013 and confirmed the gist of allegations involving paid escorts during his trip to the school, a source with knowledge of the NCAA's investigation told CBS Sports on Thursday morning.

"He told the truth," the source said.

The allegations were made in a book published last Friday night called "Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball and the Escort Queen." In it, Katina Powell, a self-described madam, writes that she took four escorts, at the request of former Louisville staff member Andre McGee, to do a "show" for a "new recruit named JaQuan Lyle."

"I took Rod-Ni, TooTall, Jazmine and Shay, who calls herself Sammi," Powell wrote in a journal entry. "TooTall made $100, Shay made $100, and Jazzy made nothing because she did absolutely nothing."

Lyle, just a couple of weeks after his visit, committed to Louisville but later de-committed. He subsequently planned to play at Oregon but ultimately landed at Ohio State.

Ohio State associate athletic director for communications, Dan Wallenberg, told Yahoo! Sports that the school is unconcerned about Lyle's eligibility.

"It does not affect us or JaQuan at all,” Wallenberg told Yahoo! Sports. "We've been told, and are pretty confident, this is not something we need to worry about."

The NCAA has also already interviewed former Louisville recruit Antonio Blakeney, according to sources. Blakeney is now at LSU. What he told the NCAA remains unclear.

Louisville's Rick Pitino has denied any knowledge of the 22 "shows" Powell claims she put on for players or recruits. McGee has not spoken publicly since the book's release

No one will win in this situation if the allegations involving paid escorts are true,U of L will get rocked by the NCAA. I just pray that allegations involving paid escorts that Powell writes in her book “Breaking Cardinal Rules” that her two younger daughters were 15 and 17 when she allegedly began supplying them to entertain prospects and players are false . She will be hammered for that "really" what kind of MOM does that to her kid and if its true I hope see gets whats coming to her.
If this is false the U of L will hammer her with a lawsuit that will be huge but never the less this will seriously hurt U of L for some time!

Agreed, what kind of world are we living in when mothers are not only pimping out their daughters but underage daughters? Sick people.

I read the book yesterday........

There is no way anybody can't say that the substance of that book isn't true.
After hearing the co-author on KSR last week, reading the news articles and the reading the book, this happened.

I can't say that this book is 100% accurate about every detail.... But any reasonable and objective person cannot say that this is a made up story by Katina Powell.

Pitino needs to step down. I can't imagine how impossible it be for him to recruit young men after this news breaking. What mother would let her son go to a school where those events conspired.

Lyles and Blakeney must not have been to impressed.