One question about Nutt's lawsuit.

[patdog]

How did he get such detailed information, such as phone records and the content of the conversations before he even filed the lawsuit or was able to subpoena information? Were the phone calls recorded? I can understand he might have interviewed Wyatt to find out what was said in that conversation, but I wouldn't think McReady would speak to him voluntarily. Wherever he got his information from, it appears he's done a pretty thorough job of building a case for himself.

 

[DancingRabbit]

That's a good question. Did Hugh get hacked, like Tunsil?

How did he get such detailed information, such as phone records and the content of the conversations before he even filed the lawsuit or was able to subpoena information? Were the phone calls recorded? I can understand he might have interviewed Wyatt to find out what was said in that conversation, but I wouldn't think McReady would speak to him voluntarily. Wherever he got his information from, it appears he's done a pretty thorough job of building a case for himself.

 

[missouridawg]

I wonder if scorned journalists willingly shared their records? You're right that McReady wouldn't have talked.

What a day

 

[The Fatboy]

This is my bet. ^^&

 

[Shmuley]

Two primary options:

1. The journalists cooperated (unlikely); or,
2. Nutt's legal team filed a public record request for Beaver's/Djork's cell phone records.

Wouldn't it be poetic justice if Beaver gets outed for using his university issued cell phone to conduct his smear campaign?

 

[patdog]

1 seems unlikely. I wouldn't think the journalists themselves would have the detailed information of exactly when the phone calls were or exactly how long they lasted. He's obviously got the phone records, and possibly even recordings. But I doubt he got it from an open records request. No way in hell UM would have turned that stuff over to him without him going to the Ethics Commission and/or the courts, and if that happened, we'd have known about it.

 

[Wizard of bulldogery]

I would think that some of the journalists probably save phone records to cover their own butts in the event of a lawsuit against them. Freeze and Bjork are both state employees so i believe they would fall under an FOIA request... then the reporters decided they would voluntarily get the calls. Just my assumption though.

 

[thatsbaseball]

Freezus used the journalists....payback is hell

 

[OurPrideAndJoySnots]

From the following article

According to the lawsuit, which obtained phone records for Freeze, Bjork and Campbell, they spoke with those reporters before their stories were posted containing misleading information about the Notice of Allegations and Nutt’s involvement.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...ston-nutt-lawsuit-mississippi-ncaa/471612001/

 

[Shamoan]

i wonder who else hugh has called....

 

[ckDOG]

2. Nutt's legal team filed a public record request for Beaver's/Djork's cell phone

That would only result in indications of outgoing / incoming numbers and times, correct? If so, that would mean Nutt's lawyers would have to assume what was being discussed but I guess if you have half a dozen reporters whiffing on the "it was all Nutt angle" and a call log showing Freeze calling those same reporters before publishing, then that's all you really need to convince a sane person that he was the source of the BS.

Freeze can't be this dumb can he? There's some kind of psychosis going on here...

 

[Shmuley]

It is actually highly likely that a public record request was delivered to the University by Nutt's legal team and that a response was provided in the form of cell phone records. There is no requirement that the submission or receipt of public records requests be made publicly. And there is no genuine debate about the responsibility to disclose the call records. There would have been no legitimate reason to deny tender of those, especially when the records do not contain "content" but only call history (number called, date, length of call). I think this is how Nutt's team got the raw data to reach their conclusions. The bears handed it to them in the form of cell phone records.

 

[Shmuley]

That is a hailstatetakeover-level awful sentence. Nonsensical. Obviously the writer was intending to convey that Nutt's legal team obtained phone records.

 

[patdog]

I can't imagine they would have just turned those records over voluntarily. They would have known the second they got that request what the purpose was and we've all seen how quickly they turn over information for a FOIA request even if they don't have any legitimate reason not to.

 

[coach66]

Could the reb's have been dumb enough to have their phones in the University's

name and therefore State Property?

 

[ShrubDog]

They better hope the burner phones were in play.