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KU wanted to ‘find a dead hooker’ in fired coach David Beaty’s closet, lawsuit says

Former Kansas Jayhawks football head coach David Beaty has sued the athletic department at the University of Kansas, alleging that it sought to concoct a reason to fire him for cause to avoid a $3 million payout.

In a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas on Tuesday, Beaty accuses KU athletic department officials of looking to “find something” on the former coach, like finding a “dead hooker in (Beaty’s) closet” to justify withholding the $3 million owed for firing Beaty without cause.

Beaty’s lawsuit said that after he refused the athletics department’s request for an extension to pay the former coach’s buyout, Kansas Athletics initiated an NCAA investigation into the conduct of one of Beaty’s subordinates.