A former Washington State football player has filed a civil lawsuit in Whitman County Superior Court against coach Mike Leach and the Student-Athlete Appeals Committee.
According to court documents, former WSU defensive back Zaire Webb, 18, from Jacksonville, Fla., claims he was denied due process and his four-year, $125,000 athletic scholarship was wrongfully revoked.
Webb was cut from the team Oct. 5 – one day after he was arrested for allegedly stealing from Walmart in Pullman.
The third-degree theft charge Webb faced from the alleged incident was later dropped due to lack of evidence.