USC described former football coach Steve Sarkisian's lawsuit against the school as "full of half truths" and "outright falsehoods" in a filing in Los Angeles Superior Court.
The 14-page motion to send the case to arbitration pushed back against several claims in the lawsuit Sarkisian filed last month that alleged breach of contract and discrimination on the basis of disability.
In the lawsuit, Sarkisian accused USC Athletic Director Pat Haden of abruptly firing him in October instead of allowing him to seek treatment for alcoholism.
"It is absolutely false that Sarkisian ever admitted to having a drinking problem, to being an alcoholic or needing to seek treatment," the USC filing said.