Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin is being sued over a pair of now-deleted social media posts. The coach, who’s at all times energetic on-line, has been recognized to stir the pot.
He’s typically seen jabbing rival coaches or taking pictures at SEC fanbases.
This offseason, alone, he’s riled up future opponent South Carolina with a put up a few switch huge receiver, mocked Missouri’s Eli Drinkwitz over his recruiting antics, physique shamed Mississippi State’s Jeffy Lebby, and trolled Paul Finebaum for being horrible at his job.
He by no means lets a possibility slide!
None of these previous jabs have landed him in scorching water, although, not less than legally. Mockingly, he’s being sued for a few of his tamer work.
Deleted Lane Kiffin tweets result in lawsuit.
These posts revolve round a ebook known as “Profitable Isn’t Regular” written by swimming psychologist Dr. Keith Bell and printed in 1981.
Extra from the Clarion Ledger:
The lawsuit seeks damages from Kiffin on one depend of copyright infringement ensuing from a pair of posts on X, previously referred to as Twitter…
The lawsuit states that Kiffin “retweeted” a passage from “Profitable Isn’t Regular” in 2016, and Bell responded by sending him cease-and-desist letters…
Kiffin then took down the put up…
On March 20, 2022, Kiffin’s X account posted a photograph of a seven-paragraph passage beneath the heading “WINNING ISN’T NORMAL.” Bell’s lawsuit claims the put up is sort of a precise copy of a passage from Profitable Isn’t Regular. In response to the submitting, Bell despatched one other cease-and-desist letter to Kiffin and claimed that the coach did not adjust to the demand.
Whereas in some methods it looks like a free type of advertising and marketing, Bell argues that the retweets are “industrial in nature” as a consequence of social media’s position in recruiting (and, in flip, the steadiness of Kiffin’s job standing).
Ole Miss has not commented on the lawsuit.
It comes as one other offseason distraction because the Rebels’ 2024 marketing campaign creeps nearer, with beginning QB Jaxson Dart not too long ago changing into the goal of dishonest rumors, although he appears targeted on the duty that lies forward.
It will likely be attention-grabbing to see how this example performs out for Lane Kiffin and Co.