MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Testimony is complete in the dispute between Alabama State University and its former athletics director Stacy Danley.
But a ruling will not come before April, after the two sides file their final briefs with the state circuit court judge handling the case.
The case, which involves a wrongful termination claim by Danley and a countersuit by the university, revolves around Danley’s relationship with retired ASU administrator and state lawmaker John Knight of Montgomery.
Danley’s initial lawsuit alleges that he was fired in December 2012 after he did not arrange a job for Knight’s daughter. Knight denies those claims, and the university alleges in turn that Danley abused ASU’s expense reimbursement system, among other allegations of mismanagement.
The Montgomery Advertiser reports that Danley testified for six hours on Thursday and returned to the stand again Friday.
Danley told the court that Knight asked him over lunch to secure a job for Tammy Knight-Fleming at a marketing firm that contracted with the athletics department. At the time, the elder Knight served as ASU’s executive vice president, making him Danley’s direct superior.
Danley said he talked with GSP Consulting’s chief executive and reported back to John Knight that there was no job for his daughter. “The relationship definitely soured after that,” Danley said on the witness stand.
