The Golden Band from Tigerland’s leadership is very much in question at the moment.

According to a report from The Advocate, LSU band director Roy King was put on administrative leave Wednesday amid an investigation by the university’s human resources.

LSU Spokesman Ernie Ballard offered a statement on behalf of LSU regarding marching band director Roy King.

“Normally, we would not comment on personnel matters but as his counsel has made public, he is on administrative leave. However, this is not as a result of any alleged dispute between Tiger Band and the School of Music. As of this time, this matter is ongoing and the university plans to not comment further.”

King reportedly received the news during a meeting with the human resources department and members of LSU’s internal auditing.

The band director’s attorney, Jill Kraft, granted the newspaper an interview which prompted a public acknowledgement of the situation from the university on Wednesday afternoon.

Kraft claims that King has been under investigation for more than three months in what she termed to be a “travesty” and a “witch hunt.”

The subject matter of the investigation isn’t clear, though the attorney may have left some clues in her comments to The Advocate:

“Starting in the fall of the last school year there was an effort on part of administrators in the School of Music to get their hands on the budget for the Golden Band from Tiger Land,” Craft said. “Rightfully so, my client refused to allow that to happen and immediately after refusing to allow that to happen they opened a ridiculous investigation into him which has included pulling every email he’s ever sent over the last 18 years of his employment.”

Craft said LSU officials have taken issue with LSU Golden Girl dance team members receiving stipends or scholarships, “even though they have over the last several decades.”

Craft accused School of Music officials of saying they were working to find ways to extend Tiger Band scholarships to other music students who are not on the LSU band.

She said in meetings, administrators disparaged the quality of LSU’s band, calling them the “laughing stock of the country.”

It will be interesting to see how this situation plays out and what the fall out may be for the university’s football game day experience this fall.