When the Washington Post dropped an expose on the LSU Tigers’ Kim Mulkey, many were expecting big things and the story did actually have promise as she was suggested to have targeted a player after they came out as lesbian, but it might have been overhyped or perhaps, dubbed down.
The article was tipped to be a big reveal-all on the 61-year-old and Mulkey was clearly concerned as she reportedly hired an attorney, specialising in defamation law as she prepared to hit back at the publication.
LSU coach Kim Mulkey warns Washington Post of possible lawsuit
However, Front Office Sports said they had contacted top attorneys in the United States and they all said they had not received any contact by the LSU boss concerning the then-unpublished story.
But the head coach was actually flattered in much of the article, as it expanded on the tough times she went through as a child with her father and as an upcoming coach with the Louisiana Tech and how she rose above those challenges to become a three-time national champion in the NCAA.
That has led to claims that the Post might have calmed the article down in what it said, or how it said it, in order to protect themselves from the hassle of legal drama according to OutKick and Tony Kornheiser had insisted the article would not be defamatory, although he no longer works for The Post.
“I know you join me in thinking it will be 100 percent accurate,” Kornheiser said to Wilbon on ESPN’s Pardon The Interruption podcast. “And it will not be defamatory. It is not going to be defamatory.
“I don’t know what to make of Kim Mulkey, and I’ve just decided I’m not going to decide everything or speculate on everything. Some things I’m just going to let unfold, and let’s just see what happens.”
Mulkey, homophobia and her strike back
The claims of homophobia concern Brittany Griner from her time when she was coaching Baylor. Most will know Griner as the woman who was imprisoned in Russia and only recently released back to the USA among other players.
Mulkey was said to have treated the LGBTQ+ members of the team more harshly than other members, including Griner who publicly came out in 2013. Another player who testified to this was Kelli Griffin, who played under the LSU head coach between 2007-2010 whilst at Baylor after she said she came out as gay to her and the team.
“Okay, this lady might not like gay people,” Griffin said she thought at the time, after Mulkey made comments about her “being dressed like a boy”, and that “a lady wears a dress”, before she allegedly told players to keep their sexualities “behind closed doors.”
Mulkey‘s legal reps denied the claims and said that the allegations were “too vague to respond to”, before she then suggested she could sue the Post for defamation if they were too hard on her in the article.
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