There's new information regarding the alleged December incident involving the former University of Cincinnati basketball coach Andy Kennedy and a cab driver.
Two new lawsuits were filed Friday morning in Hamilton County directed at the current Ole Miss basketball coach and in one case, his wife.
The two lawsuits asking for $25,000 a piece were filed on behalf of a cab driver, Mohammed Ould Jiddou, and a valet employee, Michael Strother.
Friday's counterclaims come in response to both men being sued by Kennedy's wife for a loss of sexual relations with her husband as a result of the accusations.
9News was there around 9:45 a.m. as lawyers for Jiddou and Strother filed the suits at the Hamilton County Clerk's Office.
This all dates back to December 18 when Kennedy was accused of assaulting Jiddou as he left the Lodge Bar Downtown. Police say as the cab was traveling down Walnut Street, Kennedy reportedly told Jiddou to stop for some people he knew walking between 5th and 6th streets.
When Jiddou would not take the additional people because they would put his taxi over capacity, that's when police say an argument erupted between Kennedy and Jiddou. It's alleged Kennedy assaulted the cab driver and called him racially insensitive names.
Kennedy and the Coordinator of Basketball Operations for Ole Miss, William Armstrong, were arrested.
Strother claims he witnessed the incident.
Kennedy sued Strother and Jiddou for defamation.
The attorney for Strother says suing someone for a loss of sex in this case is as frivolous as it gets.
"I have been doing this for 46 years and I have never heard of such a thing, acting as a good samaritan -- telling the police what he saw, then he is being sured for $25,000 or more," said Phillip Taliaferro, attorney for Strother.
Nearly at the same time those civil suits were being filed, a preliminary hearing was being held on the criminal case against Kennedy.
Kennedy's attorney, Mike Allen, says his client still very much stands by his story and looks forward to taking the case to a jury trial in April.
