Bobby Petrino, Jessica Dorrell Relationship Detailed In Notes By Arkansas AD Jeff Long:
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino sent candy to his mistress, called her a "close friend" and suggested the affair that cost him his job started with a kiss over lunch last fall, according to documents released Thursday.
Those details were in handwritten notes kept by a seemingly skeptical athletic director Jeff Long during his investigation of Petrino, who was fired last week. The notes were released as part of a Freedom of Information Act request made by the Associated Press.
Long's thoughts are detailed in 25 pages of notes kept during meetings with the 51-year-old Petrino on April 10, and also with Jessica Dorrell, the 25-year-old football department employee the coach hired without disclosing their relationship.
In the end, Long was unable to overlook Petrino's sketchy record of full disclosure and expressed doubts about whether the coach's affair was truly finished. He was unable to look past the fact Petrino failed to tell him about the relationship with Dorrell on several occasions following the April 1 motorcycle crash that led to his downfall, noting the following times in his notes:
_"You knew when you hired her."
_"You knew on Sunday (the day of the crash)."
_"You knew when I visited you in (the) hospital (the day following the accident)."
Long also made a point in his notes to remind Petrino he hid the affair and a $15,000 gift before Dorrell was hired as a football program assistant on March 28. He also noted later the total gifts amounted to approximately $20,000.
Petrino told his boss that his affair with Dorrell began with a kiss last fall and ended sometime in February when the two decided to simply be friends.
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