Appellate court rules LSU has to make employee investigation records public

By: Piper Hutchinson

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: August 21, 2026

Words: 590

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago


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Editor’s note: Lawyers with the Tulane First Amendment Clinic have represented the Louisiana Illuminator. The plaintiff in this story, Josh Archote, edited the work of this author when they both were on The Reveille staff. Comments from Archote were added midday Friday.

A state appellate court has ruled LSU must release its investigative records about a former administrator accused of catfishing students to the former editor of its student paper.

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