2015 University of Louisville basketball sex scandal

Powell alleged that she had been paid several thousand dollars from 2010 to 2014 to provide women to dance for and have sex with Cardinals players and recruits.

The allegations came out in advance of the release of Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball and the Escort Queen, a book written by Powell and Indianapolis-based investigative journalist Dick Cady.

In the book, Powell named Andre McGee, a former Cardinals assistant, and, in 2015, the team's director of operations, as having paid her for these services.

[12][13] They also faced a monetary fine for revenue the university made from advertisements during the Final Fours and National Championship.

[10] On September 30, 2019, a group of players on the 2012–13 Cardinals team who were not involved in the rules violations settled a lawsuit they had filed against the NCAA.

Most of the settlement was confidential, but one portion was authorized to be revealed—while Louisville's team records (including the national title) remained vacated, all honors and statistics for these players were restored.