OT: MSU Trustee refuses to cooperate with Tracy leak investigation
https://x.com/kennyjacoby/status/1740879517026234527?s=61
Dennis Denno fancies himself an amateur detective too which makes his attempt at concealment all the more ridiculous.
December 29th, 2023 at 7:00 PM ^
Surprise!!!!
staee officially announced they would release all documents pertaining to the Larry Nassar debacle. However they never said when they were going to release them. Didn't he go to jail 6-7 years ago....
December 29th, 2023 at 8:46 PM ^
Funny thing, Izzo said he would address the sexual misconduct his players had done after the season was over...he didn't say which season and all the media just forgot about it. The trustee learned from The Master!
December 29th, 2023 at 7:01 PM ^
It's amazing how some people come to be in charge of things.
December 29th, 2023 at 7:03 PM ^
People that want to be in charge are often the worst kind of people.
December 29th, 2023 at 7:14 PM ^
Like judges, the selection of University Trustees and Regents should not be in the hands of voters.
December 29th, 2023 at 7:19 PM ^
Putting it in the hands of politicians is how you get Jim Stapleton at EMU. He was/is thoroughly disliked by EMU folks.
December 29th, 2023 at 8:11 PM ^
What was the story there? I only know him relative to the recent NCAA infraction allegations.
December 29th, 2023 at 7:01 PM ^
I'm all about the presumption of innocence, but ...
That is a real clown car of trustees they have up there.
December 29th, 2023 at 7:03 PM ^
I don't know if every MSU fan understands that their institution will only be so good until this dysfunction at the top is sorted out as well.
December 29th, 2023 at 7:07 PM ^
MSU is at risk of losing its accreditation. Astonishingly poorly ran university.
December 29th, 2023 at 7:14 PM ^
The MAC won’t take them once the B1G drops them and they will forced to become an independent
December 29th, 2023 at 7:53 PM ^
Have any evidence to support that claim?
December 29th, 2023 at 8:03 PM ^
There's been quite a bit of press on it
For example
December 29th, 2023 at 9:04 PM ^
Without accreditation, a degree from a university or college is essentially viewed as worthless, educational experts say
So basically they’ve got nothing to lose
jk
December 29th, 2023 at 7:25 PM ^
The Detroit News article is full of some head scratchers:
Investigators believe Denno's phone contained information relevant to the leak, including possible evidence that would refute the allegations about a trustee leaking Tracy's name to the media, according to the report. His phone also may shed light on how a person outside of MSU, who refused to be interviewed, became aware of the investigation before the USA Today story was published and whether they disclosed information to the media, according to the report.
But the report states: "We do not have reason to believe Trustee Denno’s phone contains evidence suggesting that a Trustee knew of or leaked Tracy’s identity to anyone outside the University."
Also, the article says:
However, investigators did find that someone associated with the MSU Board of Trustees leaked a statement from Tracy's attorney, Karen Truszkowski, about a trustee being behind the leak of Tracy's name to the State News, MSU's student newspaper. They were unable to determine which of the 12 people who received the draft statement — the eight trustees, the board secretary, Interim President Teresa Woodruff, Woodruff's chief of staff and MSU spokesperson Emily Guerrant — leaked it.
Wow. The investigators were able to determine the draft statement was leaked by someone at MSU to the State News? The statement that the State News published the day it was leaked to them and provided by someone at MSU? Amazing detective work, there.
These people came up with literally nothing in their investigation.
It is possible the reason they can't find evidence that MSU leaked the name, though, is because maybe MSU didn't leak the name.
December 29th, 2023 at 7:38 PM ^
Why is he refusing to cooperate with the investigation when all the other trustees have? Odd behavior don’t you think?
December 29th, 2023 at 7:51 PM ^
I wouldn't want people going through my personal shit and I haven't done anything illegal or immoral.
Nevertheless, given that all the other Trustees cooperated, of course that's suspicious. That's why I said what was in the DetNews (that the investigators didn't think his phone would actually reveal that a Trustee leaked info) was a head scratcher.
Here's what the USA Today story says:
Investigators said that while they did not have reason to believe Denno’s phone could prove a trustee leaked Tracy’s identity, they believe it may contain evidence that a person outside MSU, "Individual A," knew details of the case before they became public. But Denno and Individual A both refused multiple interview requests, the report said.
So, for reasons that are unexplained by any reports (and therefore I assume unexplained by the investigators), Jones Day believes that Denno's phone would show that "Individual A" knew all about it.
Who is Individual A, why does Jones Day believe they know anything or that what they know is on Denno's phone? No idea.
But even if they could prove that Individual A texted Denno and said, "Guess what I heard!" and then laid out the details about Tracy, that still wouldn't show a leak FROM State nor a leak TO the media.
If we piece this together with Truszkowski's statement (the draft one that she never publicly released and was only made public it was leaked to the State News), then one would assume Truszkowski believes that Denno leaked it to Individual A and Individual A leaked it to the media. But Jones Day is saying they don't think that's what the phone would show.
December 29th, 2023 at 8:52 PM ^
But they don’t have the phone. So how can they say one way or the other? Jones Day didn’t find anything because their client didn’t want anything found.
December 29th, 2023 at 8:57 PM ^
Yes, I'm noting how strange it is that Jones Day is drawing conclusions without supporting evidence. But so is anyone else who is drawing other conclusions.
December 30th, 2023 at 9:50 AM ^
I wouldn't want people going through my personal shit and I haven't done anything illegal or immoral.
Me too, that's why I don't take a salary from the public as an elected official.
Either cooperate with the investigation or resign.
December 29th, 2023 at 8:36 PM ^
For those Fast Times at Ridgemont High fans out there, MSU's explanation would be as comical as one of the movie scenes - IF it really didn't happen at East Landfill.
Spicoli crashes Jefferson's brand new Camaro.
J's little bro says: my brother's gonna shit, my brother's gonna kill us, my brother's gonna shit
Spicoli replies: make up your mind, is your brother gonna shit or is he gonna kill us?
J's little bro: first he's gonna shit, then he's gonna kill us
Jones Day is one of the most respected (and expensive) law firms out there. WTF????
They can't even make up their mind as to what happened.
Wow!
December 29th, 2023 at 7:28 PM ^
Could be worse. I originally thought it read Fennis Dembo.
December 29th, 2023 at 8:49 PM ^
Fennis Dembo. What a pull. Raise your hand if you can actually say who Fennis is/was.
December 29th, 2023 at 9:39 PM ^
I bought his card for $0.10. It was a gag gift for my friends dad who said Fennis was his favorite player.
December 29th, 2023 at 11:15 PM ^
He was a Cowboy.
December 30th, 2023 at 12:08 AM ^
Former Piston who I believe played at basketball’s powerhouse Wyoming.
December 29th, 2023 at 7:52 PM ^
It's even more comical than you can imagine.
See the Lansing Journal article
Law firm finds no evidence MSU officials or employees leaked name of Tucker accuser (msn.com)
Sorry the link is compromised.
December 29th, 2023 at 8:01 PM ^
Not a great look
December 29th, 2023 at 10:00 PM ^
For staee, this is par for the course. Their trustees have always been a joke, and they continue to be.
Spartan Swill!
December 29th, 2023 at 9:03 PM ^
which led to the firing of Mel Tucker, one of college football's top coaches
uhhh, sure USA Today
December 29th, 2023 at 9:51 PM ^
They forgot the word paid.
December 29th, 2023 at 11:32 PM ^
The MSU of today. Sparty still gonna Spart.