Report that Belichick’s girlfriend banned from UNC football facility false, school says

By R.L. Bynum

The UNC Athletics department said Friday that Pablo Torre’s report that Jordon Hudson, the girlfriend of Carolina football coach Bill Belichick, is banned from the school’s football facility isn’t accurate.

“While Jordon Hudson is not an employee at the University or Carolina Athletics, she is welcome to the Carolina Football facilities,” read a statement from Carolina Athletics. “Jordon will continue to manage all activities related to Coach Belichick’s personal brand outside of his responsibilities for Carolina Football and the University.”

During his Friday episode of the Meadowlark Media podcast “Pablo Torre Finds Out,” Torre suggested that there was deep concern by the Belichick family that Hudson is ruining his legacy and that, according to two sources, Hudson was banned from the football facility.

Torre responded to the UNC statement in a tweet:

“UNC can now choose to describe or change its position on Jordon Hudson’s involvement however it wishes, following the publication of our episode,” read the tweet. “We requested comment and filed dozens of FOIA requests that were not satisfied. And we stand by the specific reporting in our episode, which came from the highest levels of the football program.”

Later, Torre posted an additional tweet:

“We broke the news of an important meeting where UNC higher-ups told the football program that Jordon Hudson can’t be around the facility anymore. Many people around the team heard that message very clearly. You can decide who to trust, in terms of how the PR spin goes from here.”

This followed the fallout from Belichick’s “CBS Sunday Morning” appearance in which interviewer Tony Dokoupil said Hudson was a constant presence and she could be heard shooting down a question about how the couple first met.

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