The University of Missouri has settled the civil lawsuit for defamation and slander that South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley brought against Mizzou athletic director Jim Sterk.
The settlement total is $50,000. Half of that will go to INNERSOLE, a non-profit Staley co-founded that provides needy children with sneakers. The other half will go toward Staley’s attorney fees.
The lawsuit, filed in Richland County, S.C., stemmed from comments Sterk made after the Mizzou women’s basketball team’s lost at South Carolina on Jan. 28.
Sterk was in attendance for the physical game included a scuffle between the two teams.