The latest? Formerly silenced (
$$$, natch) and hilariously named
Michael Michaels is slated to testify August 29 in
Lloyd Lake's civil lawsuit against
Reggie Bush. Poetically, that is the Friday before college football's big opening weekend and perfect fodder for media everywhere to ignore the big weekend and speculate on this really old story.
The
San Diego Union Tribune speculates that
Michaels' testimony will "answer the final questions about Bush's eligibility". I'm not so sure, given the less reliable civil (instead of criminal) setting and the judge's frustration with both sides.
"I'm at a loss as to who's telling me the reality," [Judge Joan] Lewis said.
Lewis said she would reconsider other discovery issues she had tentatively ruled on Thursday, including a $2,730 sanction against Lake and his counsel.
In theory Michaels' testimony will help bring the Bush story to a close, but this thing has a life of its own. Expect more procedural antics and potential settlement talks/hush money if Bush's side somehow gets cornered.
The
NCAA won't make a move towards sanctions until this case concludes (Bush is expected to testify September 9, days before the September 13 USC/Ohio State tilt, more drama!), and even then must weigh how far it can punish USC for something the program and its boosters seemingly had no role in, and built on testimony from an ex con and a guy who took hush money. The judge herself has no clue who is telling the truth. Good luck having such a thin standard as the support for what could be a mountain of sanctions.
This thing's not over yet, not even close.
Previously At FanHouseReggie Bush Accuser Lloyd Lake Leaves Deposition Over Gun
The once-competitive but now persistently woeful San Diego State football program fired coach Chuck Long this year, replacing him with Ball State's Brady Hoke. Long went just 9-27 at Montezuma Mesa, failing to light a fire under the Aztec offense despite his offensive background at Oklahoma.
