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Nov. 10, 2022

Widow weeps, NCAA challenges CTE doctor

NCAA lawyer shows jury doctor wanted to ‘commoditize’ his brain work and the plaintiff widow wept through her testimony before her attorney rested her case over the death of her husband, a former USC football player.

The widow of a former USC linebacker who accused the NCAA of failing to protect her late husband from repetitive head trauma wept on the witness stand Wednesday as she reflected on the last years of their marriage.

“I mean, this was not the man I married,” plaintiff Alana Gee told a Los Angeles jury about her husband, Matthew Gee, speaking through her tears. “I was so confused because it wasn’t him. He was dark, he was different. He was me...

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