[Eugene Volokh] Penn State Basketball Player vs. Head Coach Defamation Lawsuit Can Go Forward (but Not as to the Disrespectful "Bro")

The Volokh Conspiracy 2025-12-15

Summary:

"[The coach's alleged statement] can reasonably be inferred as ... defamatory ... about Clary—that Clary himself was greedy and only interested in money and, as a result, abandoned him team and refused to play for Penn State."

Link:

https://reason.com/volokh/2025/12/15/penn-state-basketball-player-vs-head-coach-defamation-lawsuit-can-go-forward-but-not-as-to-the-disrespectful-bro/

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Authors:

Eugene Volokh

Date tagged:

12/15/2025, 11:46

Date published:

12/15/2025, 08:32