New details in the Derrius Guice alleged 2017 sexual misconduct case reveal the man Gloria Scott asked to help in her complaint to LSU, demanded the university pay her money or withhold Guice from the 2018 Citrus Bowl.
As The Times-Picayune | The Advocate reports, text messages, audio recordings, and police reports obtained through public records requests show Scott, had reached out to New Orleans youth basketball coach Cleavon Williams and asked him to represent her in her complaint to the university.
However, the records show Williams also demanded the university pay Scott $100,000 in addition to her demand to withhold Guice from the Citrus Bowl.
Scott claims Williams made that additional demand without her permission.
Although sexual harassment victims demanding money compensation is not uncommon, the cash demand appears to have changed LSU’s view of Scott’s complaint according to sexual harassment experts.
The complaint alleges Scott was sexually harassed by Guice when she was working as a Superdome security guard during a high school football game in December.
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Voicemails show Scott became increasingly frustrated with the university's response to the incident after she made several complaints to the university according to the newspaper.
Williams told the newspaper he got involved as a “family consultant” and represented Scott in LSU negotiations, but Williams is not an attorney.
“I was just trying to see if they wanted to realistically settle this,” Williams told the newspaper. “She was very hurt, from what I know. We were trying to see if they were trying to have some type of value that they would place on it.”
The newspaper says LSU recorded a phone call where Williams allegedly told LSU Executive Deputy Athletic Director Verge Ausberry that Scott would go to the media with her story if LSU does not withhold Guice from the game or pay Scott the money.