Rick Pitino took a lie detector test and more ridiculous things from his lawyer's report

The UofL Athletics Association Board is still meeting to determine Rick Pitino’s fate, and reporters were just given a 50-page report from Pitino’s lawyers that argues he did not violate his contract. The most ridiculous part of the report so far: Pitino apparently took and passed a polygraph test about the scandal to clear his name. Per Joe Sonka:

Pitino took a polygraph and his attorney included results in his defense: pic.twitter.com/UfjhIFPFuE

— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) October 16, 2017

Well, if he passed a polygraph test, he must be innocent. It’s not like people have been proving you can trick those for years.

Pitino’s lawyers also included screenshots of text messages between Pitino and Adidas executive James Gatto, whom he has been accused of conspiring with to funnel players to Louisville, as proof that their communications were about Terry Rozier’s shoe deal and not Brian Bowen:

Regarding that last screenshot, now is a great moment to remind you that it’s very, very easy to delete text messages in a thread, which is what appears to have happened between August 15 and September 28. C’mon man.

More texts from Christian Dawkins, the agent whose phone was tapped by the FBI:

Texts between Pitino and. Kristina Dawkins, agent and one of defendants: (2/2) pic.twitter.com/U1MXOVYq3a

— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) October 16, 2017

Pitino’s lawyers are also arguing that Dawkins, who was charged with three counts of wire fraud and money laundering, wasn’t really an agent:

Pitino’s team arguing Dawkins was not an agent. pic.twitter.com/9BikYnTFEt

— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) October 16, 2017

Also interesting: Pitino’s lawyers interviewed former assistant turned interim coach David Padgett, who recalled how upset Pitino was when he learned Brian Bowen and his family were living at the Galt House (Padgett claims he was not aware of that either):

Finally, in a four-page affidavit, Pitino still claims to have no knowledge of any wrongdoing and swears he will “fight tirelessly to defend my reputation.”

LOL. Haven’t we all seen this too many times to believe him?

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