The attorneys for previous NFL coach and expert Jon Gruden launched a declaration Wednesday, slamming commissioner Roger Goodell and the league’s absence of transparency.
Goodell protected the league’s choice not to release a composed report from its findings on Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder’s unsuitable workenvironment conduct and the group’s harmful workenvironment environment, while affirming priorto the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.
Instead, Goodell stated confidentiality was guaranteed to guarantee victims would action forward in the examination.
“It was evident from Commissioner Goodell’s testament today that the NFL is still withstanding real responsibility and is just ready to be selectively transparent,” lawyer Adam Hosmer-Henner stated in a declaration sentout to USA TODAY on Wednesday.
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Gruden’s suit stems from his 2021 resignation as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after e-mails he sentout were exposed as part of the league’s examination into Washington’s office environment.
Gruden is takinglegalactionagainst the NFL and Goodell for dripping e-mails sentout inbetween 2010-2018 – which consistedof sexist, homophobic and misogynistic remarks – to The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times last October.
Gruden’s legalrepresentatives won a vital judgment last month when a Las Vegas judge denied the NFL’s movements to force the lawsuit into arbitration and to dismiss it entirely. By preventing arbitration, which would avoid case findings from being advertised, Gruden hopes to openly reveal whether Goodell or any other NFL figure launched the e-mails.
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