I think that was the incident when he was showing that big recruit around that eventually signed with Ole Miss. Why anyone with half a brain would still go to Ole Miss is beyond me.
An article on one of our recruits (might have been Jennings) interviewed the high school coach, and he was saying something like LSU really does their homework when it comes to prying into the character of a recruit, so I'd assume every recruit we take gets the same treatment. For example, when people started going hysterical about RP being a thug, his high school coach was regularly in the news praising RP's character, and it's rare to see a coach sticking his neck out and publically praising a player, especially in the midst of an overwhelming local media circus bashing RP. Also, unlike RP who came from a public school out in the sticks down the river, Hill went to Redemptorist, a Catholic school ($7,000/year tuition) right here in Baton Rouge (since WW2) run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge (where Hill was a Parade All-American and All-USA by USA Today). also, La'El Collins went to high school with Hill so he'd have some insight Heck, Redemptorist's website lists the office numbers and emails of all their key people: principal Maribeth, dean of students LeClair, Teacher/Head Football Coach/Athletic Director Williams, etc. So anybody could just ask them
I think the Ole Miss dude (can't spell his name off top of my head) was 18 but had a fake ID and the bar wouldn't let them in so Hill got pissed and bad mouthed the bar on twitter.
here's the judge that is hearing Hill's case, the Honorable Judge Jackson. she's been a criminal law judge at that courthouse for 21 years (she's been elected four terms in a row now). she's a 1978 graduate of the LSU Law School (only one of five African American students), a former member of the LSU Law Alumni Board of Trustees, and was recently honored by LSU with the 2012 LSU Law Center Distinguished Achievement Award -- Graduates for Distinguished Achievement are chosen based on professional achievement and career distinction, service to and support of LSU Law, and service to the community (she was honored by LSU at an awards brunch at Nottoway Plantation in White Castle on October 20, 2012). Prior to her election as judge, Jackson worked for the East Baton Rouge Parish Public Defender's Office for 14 years (becoming the Assistant Director). She has also served on the Governor's Task Force on Violent Crime, Supreme Court Task Force on Indigent Defense Funding, Louisiana Sentencing Commission, Criminal Bench Book Advisory Committee, the Louisiana Judiciary Commission and the Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics.
I've never understood why some people smile in their mug shots. Do they not realize what's happening?
