WSU hired the Cincinnati-based lawfirm Dinsmore and Shohl to represent them in the case. The firm’s response denies, item by item, Wine’s assertions including:
• Wine’s firm, Ron Wine Consulting Group, secured $134 million in new contract revenue for WSU
• Wright State President David Hopkins agreed to pay Wine a 5 % performance-based bonus for money he brought into WSU
• Wright State owes Wine $4.5 million
• Hopkins met with Wine on multiple occasions from February to June 2016, where Hopkins acknowledged Wine was owed money
Wine's firm worked as a strategic consultant for WSU for several years until his contract was suspended then terminated amid controversy after he was paid $2 million.
Wine spoke about the contract in an interview with the I-Team in January, in which he said that the school didn't owe him any money and that the 5 % performance-based pay that is the basis for his lawsuit wasn't part of any written contracts. Instead, he called it a "general understanding" between himself and Hopkins and other WSU administrators.
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