For the third time, a federal judge has ordered Syracuse University to turn over documents related to a 2005 investigation of sexual abuse allegations against former SU associate men’s basketball coach Bernie Fine.
Senior U.S. District Judge Lawrence Kahn upheld two 2014 decisions made by U.S. Magistrate Judge David Peebles that said several documents in the investigation were not protected under attorney-client privilege or were prepared in anticipation of a lawsuit, according to a May 28 document filed in the case. In January, SU filed a document objecting to Peebles’ decisions, asserting that they were, in fact, protected.