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Even before its publication, LSU’s Kim Mulkey is preemptively criticizing an upcoming story about her, as reported by Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde.

Forde mentioned that the Washington Post is working on a significant piece about Mulkey. In response, Mulkey has vehemently criticized the potential story and the reporter involved, threatening legal action against the outlet if they proceed with what she perceives as a ‘hit piece.’

“I wouldn’t normally discuss media rumors about me, but I felt the need to publicly address what exactly this reporter for the Washington Post has been doing the past several years,” Mulkey said on Saturday. “And the lengths he has gone to try and put a hit piece together. This reporter has been working on a story about me for two years.

“After two years of trying to get me to sit with him for an interview, he contacts LSU on Tuesday, as we were getting ready for the first-round game of this [NCAA] tournament, with more than a dozen questions, demanding a response by Thursday right before we’re scheduled to tip off. Are you kidding me?

“This was a ridiculous deadline that LSU and I could not possibly meet, and the reporter knew it. It’s just an attempt to prevent me from commenting and an attempt to distract us from this tournament. It ain’t gonna work, buddy. Unfortunately, this is part of a pattern that goes back years.

“I told this reporter two years ago that I didn’t appreciate the hit job he wrote on [LSU football coach] Brian Kelly, and that’s why I wasn’t going to do an interview with him. After that, the reporter called two former college coaches of mine and left multiple messages that he was with me in Baton Rouge to get them to call him back – trying to trick these coaches into believing that I was working with the Washington Post on a story.”

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