The University of Iowa is doling out $6.5 million to settle an impending legal battle against former field hockey coach Tracey Griesbaum and to close the book on the Jane Meyer trial.
The news comes Friday afternoon, during your typical Iowa news dump hours. Per terms of the settlement, Iowa will pay Meyer an additional $900,000 to the $1.43 million she won two weeks ago, including another $500,000 in lost wages.
Griesbaum will receive $1.5 million, $300,000 of which is for lost damages, the rest for emotional distress. The Des Moines law firm that represented Meyer and Griesbaum will get $2.