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06-22-2003, 09:05 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Fired Alabama football coach Mike Price sued Time Inc. for $20 million Friday, claiming he was defamed by a Sports Illustrated article about the strip club visit that led to his ouster.
The suit seeks $10 million in compensation -- the value of the seven-year deal Price had with Alabama, which fired him after a night of drunken carousing before an April golf tournament in Pensacola, Fla.
The suit, filed in state court, sought another $10 million in punitive damages from Time, which publishes Sports Illustrated.
Also named in the suit was Don Yaeger, who wrote the article and appeared as a guest on a Birmingham radio show to discuss the piece. Additional people who helped with the story will be added as defendants later, the suit said.
http://espn.go.com/ncf/news/2003/0620/1570852.html
The suit seeks $10 million in compensation -- the value of the seven-year deal Price had with Alabama, which fired him after a night of drunken carousing before an April golf tournament in Pensacola, Fla.
The suit, filed in state court, sought another $10 million in punitive damages from Time, which publishes Sports Illustrated.
Also named in the suit was Don Yaeger, who wrote the article and appeared as a guest on a Birmingham radio show to discuss the piece. Additional people who helped with the story will be added as defendants later, the suit said.
http://espn.go.com/ncf/news/2003/0620/1570852.html