Lake and Bush, and that the NCAA itself committed misconduct in the process of its investigation. In November 2012, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Frederick Shaller ruled that the NCAA was "malicious" in its investigation of McNair. In his ruling, the Judge stated that e-mails between an investigative committee member, an NCAA worker, and a person who works in the agency's appeals division "tend to show ill will or hatred" toward McNair. In an e-mail, one staffer called McNair "a lying morally bankrupt criminal, in my view, and a hypocrite of the highest order." Judge Shaller said he would unseal the entire inquiry into McNair in December. On December 3, 2018, McNair petitioned for a new trial, which was granted in January 2019 with the Los Angeles Times noting, "The judge wrote that the infractions committee's report was false "in several material ways." In July 2021, McNair and the NCAA settled the lawsuit through mediation. Financial terms of the settlement were not disclosed. The USC wins remained vacated, as announced by the NCAA two days later. References External links Bio from USC Trojans 1965 births Living people NCAA sanctions Temple Owls football players Kansas City Chiefs players Houston Oilers players Cleveland Browns coaches USC Trojans football coaches Pennsauken High School alumni People from Pennsauken Township, New Jersey Sportspeople from Camden, New Jersey Players of American football from Camden, New Jersey Tampa Bay Buccaneers coaches