Rebel Rags files lawsuit against MSU's Leo Lewis and Kobe Jones, Lindsey Miller

Antonio Morales | Mississippi Clarion Ledger

Show Caption Hide Caption Ole Miss receives new Notice of Allegations Ole Miss has received its second, or amended, Notice of Allegations and it presents a Lack of Institutional Control charge against the school as well as alleged violations that boosters paid a recruit.

OXFORD – More fallout from the NCAA's probe into Ole Miss' football program continued Sunday.

Rebel Rags, an Oxford-based retail clothing store specializing in Ole Miss gear, has filed a lawsuit against Mississippi State's Leo Lewis and Kobe Jones, and Lindsey Miller in Lafayette County Circuit Court.

Charlie Merkel, one of the attorneys representing Rebel Rags, confirmed the suit was filed Friday afternoon and the servicing process was completed Sunday. Mississippi State had no comment on the situation.

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Merkel, who is based out of Merkel and Cocke, P.A. in Clarksdale, said Rebel Rags is suing those three for "defamation, slander, conspiracy and commercial disparagement stemming from false statements made to the NCAA and have since been published in the (university's response to the) notice of allegations."

What Merkel is referring to is allegation No. 9 in the university's latest notice of allegations.

Former Ole Miss defensive line coach Chris Kiffin and former off-field staffer Barney Farrar were alleged to have arranged for $2,800 in impermissible recruiting inducements in the form of free merchandise from Rebel Rags to the those three individuals.

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The alleged violations took place between Jan. 25 and 27, 2013 and between March 28, 2014 and Jan. 31, 2016. The allegation is a Level I violation and one the university disputed thoroughly in its response.

"(T)here is no proof that corroborates the claims of [Family Member 1], [Student-Athlete 39], or [Student-Athlete 40] that each of them received free merchandise from [Booster 8], much less at the direction of a football staff member," the response stated.

"Not a single witness corroborates these claims – in fact, every other witness denies it, including those closest to the prospects and without University affiliation."

The two student-athletes, who were recruits at the time, said they received hundreds of dollars in free merchandise, but the response argued Rebel Rags' purchase records disprove those claims.

Matt Wilson, Miller's attorney, gave a statement to The Clarion-Ledger on Monday morning, which said: "We plan to mount a vigorous defense. It'll be in the court filings, not in the media."

Kiffin and Farrar's individual responses both denied the allegation as well. In addition, there were also denials of the allegation from 15 former and current student-athletes and parents, who were asked about Rebel Rags during the investigation, in the university's response.

Chuck Rounsaville of the Ole Miss Spirit was the first to report the news Sunday night.

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