McGlashan is one of a number of high-profile people found to be involved in the nationwide scandalGETTY IMAGES
TPG Capital has put TPG Growth Founder & Managing Partner BILL MCGLASHAN on leave, effective immediately, following his "alleged involvement in a nationwide college admissions scandal." McGlashan allegedly "paid more than $250,000 to get his son into USC." TPG is "best known in Hollywood" for its ownership of CAA (VARIETY.com, 3/12).
NAMES: Former Kansas football coach DAVID BEATY has "filed a lawsuit against" the school's athletic department, alleging a "breach of contract and unpaid wages" of $3M owed to him. KU AD JEFF LONG fired Beaty with three games remaining in the '18 season. Per the contract extension Beaty signed in '16, if KU "fired him without cause," he would be owed $3M (LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD, 3/12)....The family of late Olympic cyclist KELLY CATLIN, who died by suicide last week at 23, has "donated her brain to Veterans Affairs-Boston University-Concussion Legacy Foundation Brain Bank, seeking answers for a series of behavioral changes that they believe contributed to her death" (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 3/12)....Former NHLer DEREK SANDERSON is set to "receive the big-screen treatment." CASEY SHERMAN has "completed a script" and through his Fort Point Media banner is set to produce "TURK" (BOSTONGLOBE.com, 3/12)....Heat G DWYANE WADE held the seventh annual Night on the RunWade fashion show fundraiser on Saturday atop Aventura Mall's new wing in Miami (MIAMIHERALD.com, 3/12)....Wizards F SAM DEKKER and his wife, ESPN reporter OLIVIA HARLAN DEKKER, will “co-host the Gold Ribbon Gala to benefit the Children’s Cancer Family Foundation of Northeast Wisconsin,” to be held May 10 at Bridgewood Resort Hotel & Conference Center. The Dekkers “raised more than $65,000” for the Wisconsin-based nonprofit (GREENBAYPRESSGAZETTE.com, 3/12).
IN MEMORY: Former Univ. of Texas President BILL POWERS died Sunday at 72. During his tenure from ’06-15, Powers was instrumental in “helping create the Longhorn Network, helping bring about the Dell Medical Center, helping navigate the era of expansion and eventually deciding along” with then-UT AD DELOSS DODDS “not to join the Pac-12 at the 11th hour” (STATESMAN.com, 3/12).
