NUTT, OLE MISS SETTLE SUIT

The three-month legal saga between

Houston Nutt and Mississippi concluded Monday. In a joint statement, both parties announced a settlement in Nutt’s lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in July, dismissed, then refiled in Lafayette County Circuit Court last week. “The lawyers who represent the University and Coach Nutt have communicated during the past few weeks to reach an agreement that would allow the parties to resolve Coach Nutt’s claim while avoiding the costs and distractions associated with further litigation,” the university and Nutt’s statement said. “The parties have reached such an agreement.” Nutt filed the lawsuit in response to an alleged misinformation campaign led by Hugh Freeze and Ole Miss officials after the university’s notice of allegations from the NCAA enforcement staff in 2016.