Overview
- Meeting in executive session on Friday, the LSU Board of Supervisors unanimously empowered President Wade Rousse to review and, if appropriate, send Kelly a written termination notice under his contract.
- Kelly filed a 48-page complaint in the 19th Judicial District Court seeking a declaratory judgment that he was terminated without cause and is owed roughly $54 million.
- His filing says LSU recently told his representatives it believes grounds for a for-cause termination exist, a position his attorneys say was raised for the first time during a post-firing call.
- The lawsuit also argues former athletic director Scott Woodward lacked authority to dismiss Kelly; Woodward later resigned and longtime administrator Verge Ausberry took over as athletic director.
- Court documents and reports say LSU proposed lump-sum settlements of $25 million and $30 million, which Kelly declined.