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South Carolina governor weighs in on Mizzou defamation lawsuit


University of South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley at a Gamecocks game. S.C. Governor Henry McMaster said the University of Missouri and the SEC should apologize to the Staley, amidst a defamation lawsuit. (File){p}{/p}
University of South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley at a Gamecocks game. S.C. Governor Henry McMaster said the University of Missouri and the SEC should apologize to the Staley, amidst a defamation lawsuit. (File)

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South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster said the University of Missouri and the SEC should apologize to the USC women's basketball coach, amidst a defamation lawsuit.

Gov. McMaster said in a tweet Saturday that anything short of a full retraction and apology from the athletic agencies is an insult to every South Carolinian.

"Dawn Staley is gold medal role model for our daughters and sons," he wrote. "We stand with Dawn."

South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley accused Mizzou Athletic Director Jim Sterk of slander and negligence in a lawsuit seeking $75,000 in damages. The lawsuit follows public comments on a radio talk show in which Sterk claimed South Carolina fans jeered and yelled racial epithets at Mizzou basketball players when the Tigers played the Gamecocks Jan. 28.



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