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A wild turn in the already ugly Brian Kelly-LSU divorce had a happy ending for the former Tigers coach.

Kelly will receive the remainder of the $54 million owed to him after a lawsuit filed by Kelly claimed the school attempted to avoid paying up.

The coach filed a lawsuit against LSU, claiming the school was attempting to avoid its buyout after allegedly telling Kelly’s representatives it had not officially terminated him and was instead looking to fire him for cause.

Kelly, though, received a letter from the school on Wednesday stating he had officially been terminated without cause and is owed “liquidated damages as required” under his contract.

LSU spelled out in the letter that Kelly has a legal obligation to make “good-faith, reasonabl

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