LSU coach Kim Mulkey threatens to SUE the Washington Post over rumored ‘false’ story in the works as she hits out at the ‘sleazy tactics’ of the media

LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey has threatened to sue the Washington Post.

Rumors swirled on Friday that the newspaper planned to publish a story about the championship-winning coach, which it claimed was “false.”

The 61-year-old addressed the rumors during her press conference on Saturday and lashed out at the ‘sleazy tactics’ of the media.

“I am fed up and I will not let the Washington Post attack this university, this amazing team of young women that I have, or me without a fight,” Mulkey said.

“I have hired the best defamation law firm in the country and I will sue the Washington Post if they publish a false story about me.”

Mulkey, 61, addressed the rumored story during her press conference on Saturday

Pat Forde of Sports Illustrated was the first to report that a story about Mulkey would be published.

“I’m hearing some buzz about a big Washington Post story in the works about LSU women’s hoops coach Kim Mulkey, possibly next week,” Forde wrote Friday evening on X. “Wagons being circled, etc.”

However, he did not specify any details and it is currently unclear what the reported story is about, who is writing it and when it might be published.

Mulkey, who guided the Tigers to the national title last year, claimed a reporter had been working on a story for two years to “put together a hit.”

She said they contacted the school on Tuesday as LSU prepared for its first-round March Madness game against Rice with a “dozen questions” and “demanded an answer on Thursday” before tipoff.

‘Are you joking? This was a ridiculous deadline that LSU and I could not possibly meet and the reporter knew it,” Mulkey said in her speech.

‘It was just an attempt to stop me from commentating and an attempt to distract us from this tournament. It’s not gonna work, buddy.’

She further claimed that The Post contacted former coaches and “disgruntled” players to get “negative statements” about her.

Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde was the first to report that a story on Mulkey would be published

Mulkey’s statement comes amid the Tiger’s national title defense during March Madness

Mulkey claimed that the reporter told her former coaches that she was working with them on the story and that they were “distraught” when they discovered this was allegedly untrue.

“Reporters who megaphone a one-sided, embellished version of the case are not trying to tell the truth. They’re trying to sell newspapers and feed the click machine.

‘This is exactly why people no longer trust journalists and the media. It’s these kinds of dirty tactics and hatchet jobs that people are simply fed up with. I am tired of it! And I will not allow the Washington Post to attack this university, this amazing team of young women that I have, or me without a fight.”

LSU faces Middle Tennessee on Sunday with a spot in the Sweet Sixteen on the line.