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Ole Miss Player Alleges Lane Kiffin ‘Intended to Harm’ Him in Latest Filing

Nov 24, 2023

Ole Miss football player DeSanto Rollins’ lawyer, alleged that head football coach Lane Kiffin “intended to harm” Rollins and offered up examples of how Kiffin “intentionally treated” Rollins differently from white players, according to a court filing obtained by Front Office Sports.

Rollins’ attorney, Carroll Edward Rhodes, made a series of rebuttals in a Tuesday filing in response to a motion to dismiss filed by Ole Miss and Kiffin, including how an unnamed Rebels kicker remained on the team after a positive drug test.

“All of Kiffin’s actions and inactions were intentional, deliberate, malicious, grossly negligent, negligent, and taken in reckless disregard for the rights and mental health of Rollins,” Rhodes wrote. “All of the actions and inactions [of employees of the Ole Miss athletics department] were grossly negligent, negligent, and taken in reckless disregard for the rights and mental health of Rollins. Kiffin was malevolently ingenious in the manner he discriminated against Rollins.”

Source: Front Office Sports

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