Some Husky Boosters Ordered to End Ties : Football: L.A.’s Kenyon, others are told in letters to disassociate themselves from program.

The University of Washington has ordered several boosters, including Los Angeles real estate developer James Kenyon, to sever ties with the school’s athletic program as a result of their involvement in alleged rules violations, Kenyon’s attorney, Patrick Walsh, said Saturday.

Walsh said he was informed late Friday by a representative of the Washington state attorney general’s office that Kenyon was one of at least three Husky boosters who had been sent letters calling for their disassociation from the Washington athletic program.

The Pacific 10 Conference today is scheduled to announce its findings in an eighth-month-old infractions case involving the Husky football program. The Pacific 10 has charged the university with rules violations alleging impropriety on the part of boosters and athletes in 24 areas.

The conference’s Compliance and Enforcement Committee considered the case in closed meetings Aug. 9 and 10. The committee’s action was reviewed Saturday in Millbrae, Calif., in another closed session by the Pac-10 Council, which includes the conference’s athletic directors, faculty representatives and senior administrators for women’s sports.

The conference’s chief executive officers will conduct a conference call at 8 a.m. today to review the council’s decision.

Walsh said he was told by the representative of the attorney general’s office that Kenyon would be disassociated from the Washington athletic program for an indefinite period of time.

The university previously confirmed Pac-10 allegations that several Washington football and basketball players were paid for work they did not perform in summer jobs at companies operated by Kenyon, president of a Century City real estate development firm. Kenyon has disputed the charges.

Walsh said he is upset that the university prepared the letters before the case was resolved.

“I think it’s outrageous that (university officials) are sending out letters of disassociation before the (Pac-10) Council comes up with its findings,” he said. “They are just trying to blame the boosters for their problems.

“We still maintain that there were no violations of any kind, at least not by Jim Kenyon. And if these (violations) are inadvertent, as the Pac-10 seems to be saying, the blame goes to the university, not the boosters.”

Barbara Hedges, Washington athletic director, did not respond to an interview request Saturday.