Jurisprudence

Wimp Sanderson, former Alabama basketball coach, had a 15-year extramarital affair with the secretary he is accused of punching in the face, the woman said in a sworn statement.

Nancy Watts, in documents filed in federal court in Tuscaloosa, Ala., said she and Sanderson began a sexual relationship in 1970 or 1971, while both were married.

“I told him I loved him on numerous occasions and he told me he loved me,” Watts said.

Watts later was divorced. Sanderson is still married.

Watts said the affair ended in 1985 by mutual agreement. She sued Sanderson last year, contending that he hit her in the face during an argument in 1992.