The details of Tech Men’s Basketball Head Coach Josh Pastner’s defamation lawsuit against his former friend, Ron Bell, and Bell’s girlfriend, Jennifer Pendley, were made public this month. Pastner’s suit, filed in January, followed months of public accusations and allegations by Bell and Pendley and extensive media coverage.
Bell and Pendley’s accusation of Pastner of sexual assault against Pendley notably made national headlines.
“[There is] unequivocally, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero truth to any of those disgusting, bogus allegations,” Pastner said during a press conference following Tech’s loss to Louisville on Feb. 8th. Pastner’s lawyer also vehemently and publicly denied the allegations outright, releasing a statement saying bluntly, “The was no sexual assault.