DENVER -- The Rocky Mountain News has asked a federal judge
not to issue a gag order in the lawsuit that sparked the University
of Colorado football recruiting scandal.
A gag order could affect the investigations into the school's
football recruiting practices, NCAA policy changes and other
public-interest issues related to the lawsuit, the newspaper's
attorneys argued.
The documents were filed in U.S. District Court Tuesday and made
available Wednesday.
Attorneys for former student Lisa Simpson, who filed the suit in
2002, have said a gag order would halt leaks of confidential
material and protect the identities of other alleged rape victims.
Simpson has agreed to have her name used in news reports. Her
suit says was raped by football players and recruits during an
off-campus party in December 2001.