ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 21, 2018 MSU athletics cuts ties with sponsor implicated in online sex predator case The informa- “Bulldog Sports Properties, Owner of Gulf Relay pleaded guilty to cyberstalking in 2006 tion about Hind- as a third-party rights holder for BY BRETT HUDSON Bulldog Sports Properties charged with child exploitation, man came to light MSU Athletics, has sole respon-
[email protected] and Gulf Relay LLC severed ties a crime that would have includ- when a picture of sibility for securing sponsor- him on the field ships on behalf of the program,” after Gulf Relay was the primary ed a penalty of registering as a The company that handles was posted on the statement said. “Bulldog sponsor of MSU’s Military Ap- sex offender. sponsorships for Mississippi social media and Sports Properties signed an State University’s athletics pro- preciation game against Arkan- Hindman pleaded guilty to fans recognized agreement with Gulf Relay with- Hindman gram ended a business relation- sas on Saturday. The president cyberstalking — a charge that him. out any knowledge of the events ship with a company Tuesday af- of Gulf Relay, Douglas Hind- has not landed him on the Mis- In a statement released Tues- from 2006. After just recently ter that company’s president was man, was arrested by the Hinds sissippi Sex Offender Registry day, Bulldog Sports Properties learning about the situation, identified as someone charged County Sheriff’s Office in 2006 — and was later pardoned by representatives said the com- Bulldog Sports Properties and with a sex crime against chil- during an investigation into former Governor Haley Barbo- pany did not know about Hind- the sponsor mutually agreed dren.