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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Another person has come forward saying he helped former Ohio State basketball player Boban Savovic with living expenses and that then-assistant coach Paul Biancardi knew about it.
Michael Sierawski, 51, told The Columbus Dispatch for a story Wednesday that Biancardi ``knew that Boban was being supported by somebody at all times.''
Biancardi's name surfaced in a deposition taken in a civil lawsuit Kathleen Salyers filed last August seeking $510,000 in expenses and damages from two Ohio State boosters.
Salyers contends Dan and Kim Roslovic reneged on an agreement to pay her $1,000 a month plus expenses in exchange for caring for Savovic while he played for the Buckeyes. Salyers was the Roslovics' baby sitter and housekeeper.
Biancardi has denied the allegations that he knew of the arrangements to help Savovic, a member of the Buckeyes' 1998-99 Final Four team.
Salyers' lawsuit contributed to head coach Jim O'Brien's firing and an NCAA investigation of the basketball program. Ohio State fired O'Brien on June 8 after he admitted giving a recruit $6,000 in 1999. Sierawski, who said he was speaking about the lawsuit because his name has been mentioned in court filings, said he met Savovic at the airport when the player arrived for a recruiting visit on May 3, 1998. Sierawski said he wanted to help Savovic because of their shared Serbian heritage.
Sierawski said he took Savovic to a dinner at St. Stevan Serbian Orthodox Church that Biancardi also attended.
``I told Paul if there is anything I can do, let me know,'' Sierawski said. Biancardi took Sierawski up on his offer, he said.
Sierawski said he arranged for Savovic to live with the Roslovics for that summer and wrote a $500 check to Dan Roslovic.
When Ohio State's compliance office learned of the check, they made Savovic pay the money back, Sierawski said.
Sierawski believes that with Salyers' frequent visits to campus, O'Brien would have known Savovic was receiving outside support. ``Kathy would take Boban to practice in curlers. I think everybody on the team would see her drop him off at practices,'' Sierawski said.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Another person has come forward saying he helped former Ohio State basketball player Boban Savovic with living expenses and that then-assistant coach Paul Biancardi knew about it.
Michael Sierawski, 51, told The Columbus Dispatch for a story Wednesday that Biancardi ``knew that Boban was being supported by somebody at all times.''
Biancardi's name surfaced in a deposition taken in a civil lawsuit Kathleen Salyers filed last August seeking $510,000 in expenses and damages from two Ohio State boosters.
Salyers contends Dan and Kim Roslovic reneged on an agreement to pay her $1,000 a month plus expenses in exchange for caring for Savovic while he played for the Buckeyes. Salyers was the Roslovics' baby sitter and housekeeper.
Biancardi has denied the allegations that he knew of the arrangements to help Savovic, a member of the Buckeyes' 1998-99 Final Four team.
Salyers' lawsuit contributed to head coach Jim O'Brien's firing and an NCAA investigation of the basketball program. Ohio State fired O'Brien on June 8 after he admitted giving a recruit $6,000 in 1999. Sierawski, who said he was speaking about the lawsuit because his name has been mentioned in court filings, said he met Savovic at the airport when the player arrived for a recruiting visit on May 3, 1998. Sierawski said he wanted to help Savovic because of their shared Serbian heritage.
Sierawski said he took Savovic to a dinner at St. Stevan Serbian Orthodox Church that Biancardi also attended.
``I told Paul if there is anything I can do, let me know,'' Sierawski said. Biancardi took Sierawski up on his offer, he said.
Sierawski said he arranged for Savovic to live with the Roslovics for that summer and wrote a $500 check to Dan Roslovic.
When Ohio State's compliance office learned of the check, they made Savovic pay the money back, Sierawski said.
Sierawski believes that with Salyers' frequent visits to campus, O'Brien would have known Savovic was receiving outside support. ``Kathy would take Boban to practice in curlers. I think everybody on the team would see her drop him off at practices,'' Sierawski said.
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