9:30 LRN Newscast April 6

LSU releases telephone recordings that reveal a man claiming to represent Gloria Scott sought financial compensation if LSU didn’t punish Derrius Guice for allegedly sexually harassing Scott in 2017. Here’s a conversation between Cleavon Williams and LSU athletic administrator Miriam Segar…
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Williams later texted LSU officials saying the Scott family was seeking 100-thousand dollars from the university for Guice to not play in the 2018 Citrus Bowl. Scott has told local media outlets she never asked Williams to seek money from LSU over the Guice incident.

LSU football coach Ed Orgeron has been asked to appear before the Senate Select Committee on Women and Children on Thursday to discuss the Guice allegations. Orgeron will reportedly only submit a written statement, but the committee is pressuring for him to be at the meeting.

Willis-Knighton Health System in Shreveport is seeking COVID-positive participants for a clinical trial testing the effectiveness of Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody treatment…
Cut 3 (30) “…I’m Matt Doyle.”

The state health department reports about 18-percent of the state’s population is fully vaccinated from the coronavirus. In an effort to reach herd immunity, State Health Officer Doctor Joe Kanter says they will launch a COVID vaccine hotline to help residents get connected with local providers…
cut 13 (02) “…this week”