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Football: Lane Kiffin, FAU facing fraud lawsuit

Plaintiff Antonio Carter claims that he was misled by Kiffin regarding a job in order to benefit from Carter’s relationship with a recruit.

FAU hired Lane Kiffin as its new head coach on Dec. 13, 2016. Brendan Feeney | Managing Editor

Former University of Alabama wide receiver Antonio “A.C.” Carter has filed a fraud lawsuit against head football coach Lane Kiffin, FAU and the state of Florida, according to a report from Christopher Walsh of SEC Country.

Carter claims that Kiffin promised him the assistant strength and conditioning coaching position on the FAU football staff in order to curry favor with an unnamed recruit, whom Carter had a relationship with.