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Yahoo
28-05-2025
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Pablo Torre threatens UNC with lawsuit amid his Bill Belichick-Jordon Hudson investigation
Podcaster Pablo Torre has quickly become one of the foremost experts on Bill Belichick's relationship with Jordon Hudson, breaking a number of stories related to it, and the ex-ESPNer said he's willing to take the University of North Carolina to court if they fail to comply with public record requests related to the football program. Torre, who has dedicated two episodes of his show 'Pablo Torre Finds Out' to uncovering details around the relationship, said during an appearance with Mike Florio on 'PFT PM' that UNC owed him a response to multiple public records requests by Friday. Advertisement And he hinted that he would be willing to sue the university to 'hold them to account.' Bill Belichick and Girlfriend Jordon Hudson at the Nantucket Christmas Stroll. Instagram/@jordon_isabella 'These are public records requests,' he said. 'I don't know why this should be vague or ambiguous. If you're listening, like, it's not like, 'Show me your emails,' as if there is no expectation of it. It's, 'You get as part of the pact between a public university and the federal government, you get things in exchange for what feels like a reasonable level of transparency.' So we can tell what is this public money going towards? It's standard operating procedure, and if we don't — if we feel like they are not obliging their legal obligations, we will certainly pursue avenues to make it so.' Belichick, 73, is headed into his first season at the helm of the UNC football program, marking the first time he's coached at the collegiate level. Advertisement Coaching at UNC does open Belichick up to more public transparency. The school is a public institution, making him a public employee subject to having his emails fair game for open records requests. Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson attend the 14th Annual NFL Honors at Saenger Theatre on February 06, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Getty Images Torre did not indicate what these specific records requests were in reference to. The Athletic, The Assembly NC, and Torre have successfully had requests responded to earlier this year, which has led to some interesting revelations. The Assembly NC that first reported that Belichick had directed North Carolina officials to copy the 24-year-old Hudson on messages sent to him. The reporting by Torre over the past few weeks has come under attack from Hudson, who posted and then deleted a response on her Instagram page after Friday's episode investigating the Ring doorbell cam footage of the ex-Patriots coach that made headlines in 2023. Advertisement 'Pablo Torre's 'findings' have been nothing short of factually incorrect, slanderous, defamatory and targeted,' she wrote in the Instagram story that was taken down a short time after it was posted. Pablo Torre spoke with 11 sources who have dealt with Bill Belichick's girlfriend directly. Pablo Torre Finds Out Others have also questioned the reporting and interest in the relationship, which Torre himself pushed back on during the interview with Florio on Tuesday. 'I've seen enough reporters who love to suck up to coaches who are like, 'Look, the Jordon Hudson story was wildly exaggerated from the start,' and all I can tell them is that, 'You guys got to do some reporting if you think that that's plausible that we are overestimating the impact here,'' Torre said, 'because it's verified, documented, now increasingly public. 'They're missing the story, and that's what's also darkly humorous about this.'
New York Post
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Pablo Torre threatens UNC with lawsuit amid his Bill Belichick-Jordon Hudson investigation
Podcaster Pablo Torre has quickly become one of the foremost experts on Bill Belichick's relationship with Jordon Hudson, breaking a number of stories related to it, and the ex-ESPNer said he's willing to take the University of North Carolina to court if they fail to comply with public record requests related to the football program. Torre, who has dedicated two episodes of his show 'Pablo Torre Finds Out' to uncovering details around the relationship, said during an appearance with Mike Florio on 'PFT PM' that UNC owed him a response to multiple public records requests by Friday. And he hinted that he would be willing to sue the university to 'hold them to account.' Advertisement 3 Bill Belichick and Girlfriend Jordon Hudson at the Nantucket Christmas Stroll. Instagram/@jordon_isabella 'These are public records requests,' he said. 'I don't know why this should be vague or ambiguous. If you're listening, like, it's not like, 'Show me your emails,' as if there is no expectation of it. It's, 'You get as part of the pact between a public university and the federal government, you get things in exchange for what feels like a reasonable level of transparency.' So we can tell what is this public money going towards? It's standard operating procedure, and if we don't — if we feel like they are not obliging their legal obligations, we will certainly pursue avenues to make it so.' Belichick, 73, is headed into his first season at the helm of the UNC football program, marking the first time he's coached at the collegiate level. Advertisement Coaching at UNC does open Belichick up to more public transparency. The school is a public institution, making him a public employee subject to having his emails fair game for open records requests. 3 Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson attend the 14th Annual NFL Honors at Saenger Theatre on February 06, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Getty Images Torre did not indicate what these specific records requests were in reference to. Advertisement The Athletic, The Assembly NC, and Torre have successfully had requests responded to earlier this year, which has led to some interesting revelations. The Assembly NC that first reported that Belichick had directed North Carolina officials to copy the 24-year-old Hudson on messages sent to him. The reporting by Torre over the past few weeks has come under attack from Hudson, who posted and then deleted a response on her Instagram page after Friday's episode investigating the Ring doorbell cam footage of the ex-Patriots coach that made headlines in 2023. Advertisement 'Pablo Torre's 'findings' have been nothing short of factually incorrect, slanderous, defamatory and targeted,' she wrote in the Instagram story that was taken down a short time after it was posted. 3 Pablo Torre spoke with 11 sources who have dealt with Bill Belichick's girlfriend directly. Pablo Torre Finds Out Others have also questioned the reporting and interest in the relationship, which Torre himself pushed back on during the interview with Florio on Tuesday. 'I've seen enough reporters who love to suck up to coaches who are like, 'Look, the Jordon Hudson story was wildly exaggerated from the start,' and all I can tell them is that, 'You guys got to do some reporting if you think that that's plausible that we are overestimating the impact here,'' Torre said, 'because it's verified, documented, now increasingly public. 'They're missing the story, and that's what's also darkly humorous about this.'
New York Post
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Jordon Hudson was around Bill Belichick in 2021 while he was coaching Patriots: Pablo Torre
Jordon Hudson was a presence around Bill Belichick's football life long before his days at the University of North Carolina. The 24-year-old girlfriend of the eight-time Super Bowl winner had been around as early as the fall of 2021, when Belichick was still calling the shots with the Patriots, according to new reporting from podcaster Pablo Torre. During an appearance on 'Toucher & Hardy' on 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston on Thursday, the ex-ESPNer revealed that Hudson was spotted around Belichick long before the January 2023 sighting of the coach walking New Orleans with the then unknown-Hudson. 4 Pablo Torre talked about Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson's relationship. @toucherandhardy/X 'Something people may not know, that I didn't even have time for in the episode, is the first time people spotted Jordon Hudson around the Patriots, around Bill Belichick, was when he was the coach of the Patriots,' Torre said. 'In the fall of 2021, it wasn't 2023. They've known about her showing up as early as the fall of 2021. She was sitting, I was told, in Bill's outdoor seats at Gillette [Stadium]. She was spotted in those seats as early as that. 'So the question of who is this person coming around now? What's her deal? What does she want? These videos are leaking. Now she's making a series of behind-the-scenes disasters. Showing up at commercial shoots uninvited. Scripted, million-dollar things. This is what I say, Belichick's been around to watch all of it.' Torre has had a bevy of scoops about the relationship that has captivated the football world and has thrown the long-standing image of the gruff football coach on its head in recent weeks. 4 North Carolina Tar Heels football head coach Bill Belichick and his girlfriend Jordon Hudson look on during the first half of the game between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Duke Blue Devils at Dean E. Smith Center on March 8, 2025 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Getty Images Last week, he released an entire episode of his podcast, 'Pablo Torre Finds Out,' and as part of it, explained Hudson had attempted to thrust herself into a commercial that Belichick was shooting. In subsequent appearances on other shows, Torre also reported that Belichick's family is concerned about how the Ring cam footage of a shirtless Belichick scurrying out of a home in the early hours of the morning had ended up in the hands of the media. And during Thursday's appearance on 98.5 The Sports Hub, he again reported those concerns. '[Belichick's family members] are panicked that the thing that their family — that he has built as the patriarch of his family — the Logan Roy of their 'Succession' story, that it's being incinerated by a 24-year-old, who doesn't know what she's doing,' Torre said. 'They're freaked out. I mean, look, as a human, as a human level — concern. Imagine it, right? Like, hold on, your 70-year-old dad shows up on a leaked Ring cam video, shirtless. 4 Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson on the red carpet before Super Bowl LIX NFL Honors at Saenger Theatre. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con 4 Bill Belichick on the sideline for the Patriots. Getty Images 'It's an incredible artifact. It's the thing that [Tom] Brady made fun of at his roast. It's the thing that everybody has known about, but imagine if you're one of Bill Belichick's family members. Like, my first instinct would not be, 'Look at the D-Cup on dad.' It's: 'How many other videos are out there like this that he had no idea were being filmed? Who leaked this? How did this get out?'' While the relationship between the two had been a source of intrigue, it has created a firestorm after Belichick's awkward interview with 'CBS Sunday Morning,' where Hudson interjected herself to shut down a question about how the couple met. Hudson and Belichick saw their relationship go public last June, three years after the two met on a flight from Boston to West Palm Beach in Feb. 2021.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jordon Hudson UNC ban drama surfaces with Bill Belichick's family deeply concerned
The drama surrounding Bill Belichick and his 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, is getting worse 'and weirder' amid the fallout from his disastrous 'CBS Sunday Morning' interview last month. During Friday's installment of 'Pablo Torre Finds Out,' Torre revealed an investigation into the matter and alleged a deep concern by Belichick's family that Hudson is ruining the UNC football coach's legacy, not to mention his reputation as one of the greatest coaches of all time. Advertisement 'There is deep worry for how detrimental Jordon can be for not just North Carolina but Bill's legacy, reputation — everything he has built and worked for over decades,' one family source told Torre, who previously broke the news that Hudson used her power to force her way into Belichick's Super Bowl commercial with Dunkin' Donuts in February. Torre added that 'The family has been digging into Jordon Hudson as well in a parallel way. They are also in a rabbit hole.' Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson during the holidays in 2025. Instagram/Jordon Hudson The ex-ESPNer also dropped a bombshell nugget during the podcast that two UNC sources told him higher-ups inside the athletic department came to a decision last week that Hudson is no longer allowed on the North Carolina football field or inside its football facility. Advertisement North Carolina denied that was the case in a statement Friday, and noted that she was not associated with the university. 'While Jordon Hudson is not an employee at the University or Carolina Athletics, she is welcome to the Carolina Football facilities,' the statement read. 'Jordon will continue to manage all activities related to Coach Belichick's personal brand outside of his responsibilities for Carolina Football and the University.' Last month, a viral video showed Hudson on the field with Belichick at a UNC practice. 'Don't think you'll be hearing much from Jordon moving forward,' one source said. Advertisement Torre said he spoke to 11 sources who've dealt directly with Hudson, a former cheerleader at Bridgewater State University. Katie Nolan and Michael Cruz Kayne also appeared in the episode to reveal the investigation's findings. Bill Belichick with Jordon Hudson at UNC in March 2025. Getty Images Here is the latest on Bill Belichick and 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson 'It's a timeline of exclusive information… I've been sitting on it for a long time,' Torre said. Torre's investigation shed light on Hudson's reputation at North Carolina ever since Belichick, 73, brought her into the fold after signing a five-year, $50 million deal to be the school's football coach last December. Advertisement The whole situation has been a PR nightmare for UNC and Belichick, who has remained silent since releasing a statement defending Hudson for her viral interruption during his 'CBS Sunday Morning' interview on April 27, saying she was 'doing her job.' Jordon Hudson came under fire during boyfriend Bill Belichick's CBS interview in April 2025. CBS Belichick also said in the statement that he and Hudson are in a personal and professional relationship. The network's final edit of the interview included Hudson interrupting CBS' Tony Dokoupil's question about how the couple met. Belichick and Hudson, who said they met on a flight to Palm Beach in February 2021, went public with their relationship last June.
New York Post
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Bill Belichick to sit down with Michael Strahan for first interview since Jordon Hudson-CBS debacle
Bill Belichick is giving TV interviews another go — is Jordon Hudson? Belichick is set to appear on ABC's 'Good Morning America' on Friday morning for an interview with host Michael Strahan. Advertisement 3 Michael Strahan will interview Bill Belichick for Good Morning America. Getty Images The legendary Patriots coach's last TV interview came on 'CBS Sunday Morning' and infamously didn't go well. The UNC football head coach was asked a simple question about how he and his girlfriend, 24, met, and Hudson wasn't having any of it as she awkwardly intervened from off-screen and shut down the question, saying, 'We're not talking about this.' Advertisement Hudson, at one point, stormed out of the interview and delayed the entire operation for about 30 minutes. The question this time around for Belichick's newest interview is whether or not Hudson will play any role. With Hudson's involvement in so much of Belichick's career recently, many would expect that she would be in attendance for the interview this time, too. 3 Jordon Hudson's appearance on 'CBS Sunday Morning' was heavily scrutinized in April 2025. CBS Advertisement The fallout from the interview left many, including Belichick's family, delving further into Hudson and her role with the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach. Last week, it was reported by ex-ESPNer Pablo Torre, after speaking with nearly a dozen sources, that Hudson was being banned from UNC's facilities and practices. The university then responded by saying that 'While Jordon Hudson is not an employee at the University or Carolina Athletics, she is welcome to the Carolina Football facilities. Jordon will continue to manage all activities related to Coach Belichick's personal brand outside of his responsibilities for Carolina Football and the University.' 3 Bill Belichick's relationship with Jordon Hudson was first revealed in 2024. Getty Images Advertisement The latter half of that statement saying that Hudson will manage her 73-year-old boyfriend's 'personal brand' could be crucial in determining whether or not she has any involvement in the terms and agreements of Belichick's interview with Strahan, the NFL Hall of Famer. Strahan, who beat Belichick's Patriots with the Giants in Super Bowl XLII, will be tasked with asking the questions people want answered. The CBS interview will air Friday, and is sure to break the internet no matter what narratives or new viral moments come from it.
