Charlie Roberts, the President of the LSU Alumni Association is dealing with a lawsuit, alleging he offered his lover, who was also with the Association, monthly payments-similar to her salary- for the rest of her life, IF she would quit. Attorney Mary Olive Pierson says Roberts was completely shocked by the lawsuit from Kay Heath. But Heath’s attorney, Jeffry Sanford calls it “paid leave” and he has a problem with that…:

CUT 11 (08) “in this case“

Health says she will completely drop the lawsuit if Roberts resigns or is fired because he is a continuing threat to all women at the Association. Pierson says Roberts is not going to respond to threats but focus on winning the lawsuit…:

CUT 12 (04) “or get fired”
She says Roberts is going on annual leave from the Association, so he won’t be distracted by the case.

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The Department of Health and Hospitals reports 14 new cases of West Nile, bringing the state total to 29. And this past past week, there was a second Louisiana death. David Holcombe, who is the Medical Director for the Office of Public Health in Central Louisiana, says the threat of West Nile will remain until we get cold weather…;
cut 15 :09 sec. Q: “very precipitously”

Not much is known about the latest victim, except that it was reported he was from the Capital area, and he was over the age of 75.

 
Louisiana farmers will see minimal impact from Russia’s decision to ban food imports from the United States for one year. That’s according to LSU AgCenter economic Kurt Guidry…:
CUT 8 (07) “the state”
Russia is a bigger player in the livestock and poultry markets.