Former LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis amended his lawsuit against the University on Friday, asking for more than $205,000 in unpaid incentives, according to a report from The Advocate.
The amendment states LSU breached Chavis’ contract twice — by paying him vacation compensation using his original contract rather than a new one, and by asking him to pay a $400,000 contract buyout once he left the school for Texas A&M in early January.
Chavis claims he does not owe the buyout because his contract is void. The suit says a University employee changed the wording of a portion of his three-year contract extension between the time he signed it in April 2012 and when the LSU Board of Supervisors approved it in June of the same year.
The amendment states Chavis did not know of or approve the modifications made to his contract.
According to the suit, LSU also neglected to pay Chavis $90,000 in academic incentives it owed him despite paying other staff members similar incentives.
Chavis filed the original lawsuit Feb. 27. LSU countered with its own suit the same day, insisting Chavis owes the buyout for breaching his contract.
The report claims Chavis declined to sign a new contract following the end of the 2014 regular season. Chavis was specifically displeased with a clause in the contract that allowed LSU to fire him should the University decide to terminate coach Les Miles’ position.