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Butch Davis seeks to block phone record subpoena

The lawyer of former North Carolina football coach Butch Davis filed a motion Tuesday to dismiss the subpoena of Davis’ personal cellphone records.

A law firm representing The Daily Tar Heel and seven other media outlets filed the subpoena Oct. 7 in as an extension to a lawsuit to obtain records related to the NCAA investigation.

Davis, who was fired in July after four years at UNC, said in the affidavit he used his personal cellphone instead of the University-issued phone.

In an affidavit, Davis said that when the University released records related to the NCAA investigation in June 2011, his private phone number was released to “unscrupulous individuals.”

Davis added that since the records were released, he and his family have received unsolicited calls from media outlets and fans of other football programs. The result of other public records requests, Davis said, have already caused “an extreme amount of suffering and harassment.”

In the motion, Davis’ lawyer said separating business calls from personal ones on the records would be a burden.

“I am well aware of the intense scrutiny directed at my profession,” Davis said in the affidavit. “I also believe that I have a right to protect my own privacy as well a duty to protect the privacy of my family, friends and business associates.”

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