TEXAS’ STRONG NAMED IN LOUISVILLE DIVORCE CASE
Jonathan Blue, a member of the University of Louisville board of trustees, has filed court documents in a divorce case alleging his wife’s behavior and activities were inconsistent with being a role model and responsible caretaker for their children. He’s seeking records of former Louisville football coach Charlie
Strong to support that contention. The pleading, filed in Oldham Family Court, asks for copies of Strong ’s emails, texts and other correspondence with Blue’s wife,
Tracy, from 2012 to the present, and for the return of clothing and a Movado watch she allegedly gave him. The motion filed Friday also asks for Strong ’s travel records over that period. Tracy Blue, who ran the Voice-Tribune, which is owned by her husband, until he recently had her removed, did not respond to a text message Saturday, and her lawyer, Laurel Do
heny, did not respond to an email. Jonathan Blue also could not be reached to comment, and his lawyer, Ann Oldfather, who filed the motion, declined to comment. John Bianco, a spokesman for University of Texas football, for which Strong is head coach, also did not immediately respond to requests for comments. “I am not a party to their divorce and have received no court order in this case,” Strong said in a statement Sunday. “I respect the legal system, and if I do receive a court order I will review it and respond then. Since this is a legal case, it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to say anything further at this time.” Jonathan Blue said in a motion for sole custody of the couple’s two teenage children that his wife “does not dispute her behavior and instead claims it was ‘misguided.’ ” He said he would file details under seal unless they became public knowledge. Citing a prenuptial agreement, he is seeking to have their financial differences resolved through mediation, while she has asked for a $50,000 advance to pay for her lawyers. In court papers, she describes how he had her removed from the
Voice-Tribune and cut off her credit cards; he said she never was an employee of the newspaper and instead was granted the honorary title of publisher. Strong coached at Louisville from 2010 to 2013 and has been at Texas for two seasons.
— The Courier-Journal