Ollie Suing Glen Miller for Slander

[CL82]

Question: If Ollie is so hot to go after Miller on the $30,000 testimony, why isn’t he also trying to sue him also on all the other things Miller said about the Ray Allen/Rudy Gay FaceTime calls, Boo Willingham, Danny Griffin and Derek Hamilton? The NCAA said Ollie provided false or misleading information about arranging impermissible phone calls for a recruit (Hamidou Diallo), and about arranging impermissible workouts in Atlanta for players with Ollie’s friend Hamilton.

Why? Maybe because they’re true. By the way, all those other things help UConn in its case against Ollie.<<

All those things are the case against Ollie. UConn didn't rely on Miller's $30,000 payment testimony to the NCAA.

 

[upstater]

My dog could have coached that team to a title.

That team was the only team in eons to win the championship with only one NBA player on it.

Name another.

It was the least talented champion in ages.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

They've probably already forgotten Ollie was coach.

Who?

 

[upstater]

Lol, you just said Moore introduced Miles to Nochimson and now you are saying that Moore contact Nochimson to talk about Miles. LOL.

Nochimson was never Miles agent.

What is the contradiction there?

I don't see how there's a contradiction at all.

And yes he was his agent.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

That team was the only team in eons to win the championship with only one NBA player on it.

Name another.

It was the least talented champion in ages.

They had Bazz and no one else did.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Shonn Miller is a IVY league graduate with a masters degree from UCONN. He wants a future career in the corporate or sports management world. The rumors of him/ his mom took money from KO could hinder his career. It makes sense to defend his reputation against a bitter liar

Perhaps, but ... enough sense to likely enable a subpoena of one's own or his mother's financial records, potentially including tax returns?

 

[UConnNick]

Sometimes if you’re in a position of greater means, you sue just to bleed the other party dry. KO can’t win, but he can cost GM a lot of money. For a petty & spiteful person (prob a far statement to say this is something KO has shown he is) bleeding GM dry may be all he wants.

True, but IMHO, this lawsuit will come to a relatively quick conclusion. The defense will likely file a motion for summary judgment. If all Miller said was his wife's hearsay, without making any affirmative statement
that he knows it's true, then Miller would likely prevail on a SJ motion, and the trial court case is over. Of course, then Ollie can keep appealing the lower court decision.

 

[Fishy]

One of Kevin Ollie’s weaknesses is that he’s not very bright.

He seems bent on proving it with this case against Miller.

 

[JMick]

We all love UConn but if I’m a player that can live in Texas, Arizona, Florida, California or any other state we have to recruit against, I’m going there elsewhere. We all love ice cream and the dairy barn but have you been to Some of the other campuses? Uconn was the 2nd choice for a lot of 5 star recruits that ended up at Kentucky, Arizona, Duke etc. which is a testament to how many players on the circuit loved Ollie and what he stood for. We have to be real about this, the lure of UConn isn’t the same. There has to be a niche for recruiting great mid major talent moving forward. I’m sure Ollie cared about his job and did everything he could to work at his craft and put the time in daily. The breakup of Big East killed the run for recruits. He out coached a lot of great coaches with minimal talent. Let’s be sensible about this.

how did Hurley get two 4* and one 5* recruit for his first recruiting season, then?

 

[Jaker]

First, it’s libel if in writing. Slander is not easy to prove. Ollie is a public figure which means there is wide latitude given. You need to show not only a knowing untruth but one intended to show a specific intent to cause harm.

Exactly. Weak case from what we can see. Ollie is a public figure. Ollie and his lawyers continue to exhibit incredible ineptitude in my opinion. They have systematically alienated the court of public opinion, which would have been the best avenue to compel a favorable outcome.

Slander is libelous

 

[Jaker]

Slander is libelous

and defamatory

 

[District-Husky]

Isn't it obvious to everyone now that KO's decision making is suspect at best.

 

[Jaker]

Shon Miller=30k, if that is the new metrics, Zion must be worth 7 figures.

 

[Chief00]

One of Kevin Ollie’s weaknesses is that he’s not very bright.

He seems bent on proving it with this case against Miller.

As you all know, Chief isn’t a fan of GM. Having said that if you are going to make a big case about it, you don’t hire some attorney from New London to take you to the promise land. No offense to anyone from New London but you just don’t do it - you go uptown. KO, what are you thinking?

 

[Jaker]

I don't think any legit CT lawyer with Cred. would touch this if there was no merit in the case. Of course, not talking about your average ambulance chaser here.

 

[HooperScooper]

Is Miller even making that much as a DIII assistant?

Head coaches in Division III don't even make that much.

 

[HooperScooper]

Representing the high profile client is challenging. I think KO's counsel have done him a disservice by running their standard scorched earth campaign.

I'd like this 1000 times if I could. It's getting ridiculous and Ollie's lawyers sound more dumb every time they speak to the media or release statements.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

As you all know, Chief isn’t a fan of GM. Having said that if you are going to make a big case about it, you don’t hire some attorney from New London to take you to the promise land. No offense to anyone from New London but you just don’t do it - you go uptown. KO, what are you thinking?

Well, it takes 2 to tango. So, GM reciprocated on the defense by hiring Whaling City-based Drzislav (Dado) Coric

 

[Robertelamin]

Could someone give me a summary of the last 11 pages in 10 words or less?

 

[UConnNick]

As you all know, Chief isn’t a fan of GM. Having said that if you are going to make a big case about it, you don’t hire some attorney from New London to take you to the promise land. No offense to anyone from New London but you just don’t do it - you go uptown. KO, what are you thinking?

It is possible that he shopped around for an attorney dumb enough to take this hot mess on a contingency fee basis. Having gotten sucked into the representation by a bunch of Ollie's lies, they're now scrambling to play catch up. They really have distinguished themselves by doing some legal stuff which makes the characters in the movie "Dumb and Dumber" look like rocket scientists.

 

[Fishy]

The biggest problem that I can see here for Ollie is that he’s claiming that Glen Miller lied to the NCAA.

Any coach with half a brain is smart enough to know that you don’t lie to the NCAA.

Also, Kevin Ollie lied to the NCAA.

 

[Danzz]

Could be a win-win. Ollie gets his millions from Miller. Then he drops his case against UConn and two sides make up and UConn brings KO back into the alumni family.

No, I don't think this would happen, but it would be cool!

I don't think that Miller is worth millions so it is the old blood from a stone thing. Assistant coach salary at Div. 3 St. Joe's is likely not 6 figures.
UConn needs to negotiate in good faith with Ollie and make this go away.

 

[superjohn]

I don't think that Miller is worth millions so it is the old blood from a stone thing. Assistant coach salary at Div. 3 St. Joe's is likely not 6 figures.
UConn needs to negotiate in good faith with Ollie and make this go away.

That time passed a while ago.

 

[Yorkeez4]

One of Kevin Ollie’s weaknesses is that he’s not very bright.

He seems bent on proving it with this case against Miller.

Fishy you just set yourself up for a libel lawsuit - what were you thinking?

 

[casual-yardin]

The part I don't get about all this is why certain posters seem to think it's somehow morally reprehensible that UCONN chose to terminate Ollie's employment based on cause instead of failing to uphold the terms of employment. The school is being painted as the bad guy, even though there is ample evidence that Ollie violated NCAA rules.

Under contract law, you use any and every legal argument to advance your cause. The school chose to rely on contract terms which Ollie breached. Just because he was also guilty of not living up to other terms related to performance doesn't make the school morally bankrupt for taking the best possible legal position the school can take.

Ollie seems to have been lying to everybody all along. He lied to Benedict's face when all the NCAA violations stuff hit, and then he tripled down by lying to the NCAA and his attorneys. His lawyers appear to have been flying blind since day one. He's put them in a completely untenable situation. With Ollie stonewalling, denying everything, and topping it all off with ridiculous and seemingly endless frivolous litigation, how any rational person can conclude he's the victim here is beyond my comprehension. The school is doing what they have to do and should be doing, period. Ollie should have bailed with the 2.5 million. He has since cost himself his entire personal and professional reputations, something he may never get back.

Good post. So why is everyone here so shocked that Ollie is using "...any and every legal argument to advance your cause".