OSU case lawyer wants punishment reviewed

COLUMBUS (AP) — The lawyer whose email tips about Ohio State players trading memorabilia for tattoos triggered a far-reaching scandal wants a disciplinary board to reconsider his punishment.

The Ohio Supreme Court’s Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline previously recommended that Christopher Cicero lose his law license for six months and pay $2,800 in court costs.

The recommendation is now before the Ohio Supreme Court, and today Cicero asked the court to send the case back to the board to be reconsidered.

At issue is whether Cicero violated professional rules of conduct that prohibit revealing information from meetings with a client or a prospective client.

Cicero argues the board relied on a faulty transcript of its November hearing and that a corrected quote in the updated transcript weakens the board’s case.