During the three-week trial at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse, McNair attorney Bruce Broillet accused the infractions committee of changing key evidence related to McNair in order to connect the coach to the Bush scandal and increase sanctions against USC.
McNair, whose two days of emotional testimony grabbed the jury's attention, hasn't coached at the college or professional level since being sanctioned. He told the nine women and three men on the jury about sinking into depression after the infractions committee's decision, drinking heavily, taking out loans from friends and family, using food stamps and driving an Uber to make ends meet.