Tucker news: MSU receives letter "in anticipation of litigation"
September 28th, 2023 at 6:12 PM ^
MSU is going to wind up paying more in damages, lawyers and so forth than the remainder of his contract. May still be worth it for them if they can find the right guy. Sadly, they had no choice to do what they did but they are going to payout a huge sum.
September 28th, 2023 at 7:21 PM ^
You really think they're going to push past $70 million (or whatever exactly was left on Tucker's contract)? Do you think most of that will go to the settlement? $70 million buys a hell of a lot of billable hours, at the risk of stating the obvious.
September 28th, 2023 at 7:53 PM ^
your bpone is getting to you. no way they are going to pay anywhere near the $70MM in total fees and any contract buy-out. tuck is slam-dunk 'guilty' of breaching the moral turpitude section of his contract. he'll get something, not nothing and any of us would consider it a big deal especially if one of us got a 7 figure payout, but i highly doubt it'll even touch 8 figures.
September 29th, 2023 at 2:30 AM ^
Wouldn’t MSU be able to request Tucker pay for their legal fees if it turns out he brought forward basically a useless lawsuit?
September 29th, 2023 at 5:12 AM ^
only if the employment contract calls for it, and that is highly unlikely.
in general our country lives under what is called the 'american rule', which means that each side pays for its own lawyer in the absence of specific statutes that say otherwise. we call those 'fee shifting' statutes. some common examples of fee shifting statutes are things like some civil rights causes of action, whistle blower actions and, for instance in the state of michigan, construction lien actions.
September 28th, 2023 at 6:26 PM ^
It will be interesting if there is a bunch of incriminating communication that nobody wants to have exposed. This has the potential to get really ugly but also would not surprise me when Mel quietly goes way with a pretty big check.
September 28th, 2023 at 6:36 PM ^
Actually sort of logical. The earlier response to the intent to dismiss letter suggested that the situation will be carried out in a very public way.
September 28th, 2023 at 7:14 PM ^
Need something to wash that popcorn down?
September 28th, 2023 at 9:53 PM ^
I would have thought that evolution would have killed off this kind of behavior eons ago.
One must have slipped through the cracks.
September 29th, 2023 at 10:31 AM ^
RGard after hours
September 28th, 2023 at 6:58 PM ^
Excellent! Love to see the chaos.
September 28th, 2023 at 7:12 PM ^
As hard as people have been on Tucker throughout this whole process, he honestly has a really good case against MSU. I hope he takes them to the cleaners.
September 28th, 2023 at 7:23 PM ^
That would be the second trip to the cleaners courtesy of Tuck. $$$$$
September 28th, 2023 at 9:14 PM ^
I agree. I wonder if they'll question whether simply speaking at MSU and being a guest at the spring game counts as being a true MSU vendor or Mel even having a position of power over her and her financial success, etc. She's a well known speaker who worked with many colleges, NFL, ESPN, Politico and others. Given the 27 phone calls and exchange of gifts, the relationship whether personal, professional or both was mutual at least for some period of time until the infamous phone call. I don't think you can fire someone for cause for just being a piece of shit so they have to attribute it to something and it seems like that's where the lawyers would aim their defense.
September 28th, 2023 at 9:33 PM ^
If a person is engaged in an official university activity, and especially if they’re paid for their services, they would absolutely be considered a vendor.
September 29th, 2023 at 4:07 AM ^
I am not a lawyer but non-consentually Whipping your ding dong out with "a well known speaker (about serial assault) who worked with many colleges, NFL, Politico, and others" is enough to trigger the moral turpitude clause even if she isn't a vendor.
But nice attempt to continue victim blaming.
September 29th, 2023 at 8:39 AM ^
It isn't victim blaming if the institution completely messes up the entire thing. His case is winnable without evening getting into a conversation about the victim.
September 29th, 2023 at 11:28 AM ^
Obviously his entire defense is that it was consensual. If it was, which will be a large part of the litigation (and surely will look an awful lot like victim blaming), it comes down to whether MSU has a provision prohibiting consensual relations with vendors.
September 28th, 2023 at 7:20 PM ^
This was expected. Right?
September 28th, 2023 at 7:20 PM ^
They're going to the mattresses already. . .
September 28th, 2023 at 7:25 PM ^
To think this program is going to be back in 2/3 years is really the most ludicrous thing I’ve ever heard. The biggest window of opportunity was when Tucker started in 2020.
Think about it.
This program is celebrating the termination of the “bad contract” as if it wasn’t Msu who gave him a bad contract.
September 28th, 2023 at 7:31 PM ^
I hope MSU ends up paying a massive settlement to make this all go away, after it drags out publicly for a year.
September 28th, 2023 at 9:18 PM ^
They will
September 28th, 2023 at 7:40 PM ^
I mean, these sorts of letters are attached to settlement demands all the time, right? This just seems to be the official entry of this drama into the nebulous world of seemingly interminable litigation.
September 28th, 2023 at 7:59 PM ^
Well, we all know how well msu preserves incriminating records. This should be, well...yawn. What time does Slipery Rock play? Anyone want to make fake dating profiles for Mel Tugger? Could be mgofun.
September 28th, 2023 at 9:54 PM ^
I hope they all bleed each other dry.
September 28th, 2023 at 10:24 PM ^
I’m assuming all his meetings with his attorney are over Zoom…
September 29th, 2023 at 3:19 AM ^
MSU Reponse...
We're sorry but all the records were on the couch.
September 29th, 2023 at 9:19 AM ^
I don't see a date on that letter and something tells me she is likely a day or to late to save the important stuff.... Let the shit slinging commence and lets see what sticks!