Georgia Tech head basketball coach Josh Pastner filed a civil lawsuit Friday against Ron Bell and Jennifer Pendley, alleging they knowingly released "false and patently untrue information" with the intent to damage his reputation and make him lose his job with the Yellow Jackets.
Mark Schlabach of ESPN.com passed along details of the suit and provided a statement from Pastner about the former Georgia Tech booster and his girlfriend.
"I am disgusted and devastated by the actions of two individuals to whom I showed compassion," he said. "My family and I are victims of fraud and extortion, and the extent to which these individuals have gone to harm us is truly unfathomable.