Ole Miss basketball coach Andy Kennedy has requested that profanity not be used in court at his upcoming defamation trial concerning comments made following his 2008 arrest, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Kennedy was charged with physically and verbally assaulting Cincinnati cab driver Mohamed Jiddou outside of a bar in December 2008. He filed a lawsuit the following day, claiming defamation of character by Jiddou and Michael Strother, a valet who witnessed the incident and told local media he saw Kennedy attack Jiddou and use racial slurs.

“A man takes his whole life to establish credibility,” Kennedy said in response to filing the civil suit, according to a 2008 Clarion-Ledger article. “And I cannot stand back and allow my credibility to be (ruined) based on false allegations.”

Kennedy’s attorney William Posey said foul language was used during the incident, and that it was so offensive that he wants the judge to ban profanity from the court, according to the Enquirer.

Jiddou’s attorney, David Mann, believes Posey wants to limit Kennedy’s embarrassment by barring the words.

“A good part of this case is about the rather (free) use of foul words,” Mann told the Cincinnati Enquirer. “It’s the kind of language that was used that night.”

The trial is scheduled for Aug. 16.