KU Has Spent $1.25M Defending Basketball Allegations

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The University of Kansas athletic department has paid thousands of dollars in legal fees per month for more than two years while defending its storied men's basketball program against allegations of serious NCAA violations.

NPR flagship KCUR in Kansas City, Mo., obtained the legal bills from December 2017 through April 2020 using the Kansas Open Records Act. Most are from Bond, Schoeneck & King in Overland Park, Kansas. But KU also hired the prestigious Pillsbury law firm with offices in New York and Washington, D.C. By April, KU Athletics had paid the firms more than $1.25 million combined, KCUR discovered. 

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