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Dan Snyder, proprietor of Washington‘s NFL franchise, issued an announcement after 15 ladies talked about they had been sexually pressured for the interval of their time as group workers by members inside of the organization.
In an official press initiate, Snyder talked about the “conduct described within the day earlier than this day’s Washington Put up article has no declare in our franchise or society” and vowed to “institute unique policies and procedures” after an self sustaining investigation into the allegations is executed:
On Thursday, Will Hobson and Liz Clarke of the Washington Put up printed a represent by which 15 ladies who labored for Washington between 2006-2019 talked about they had been sexually pressured by other workers of the organization.
Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Washington employed felony respectable Beth Wilkinson to “conduct a deep dive into the organization’s previous culture” and overview organizational protocols.
Head coach Ron Rivera issued an announcement about the allegations to ESPN’s John Keim after the checklist used to be printed: “Perfect part is that we have to transfer forward from this and make particular all and sundry understands we have policies that we are going to discover and that we have an open door protection with out a retribution. Plus my daughter works for the group and I particular as hell am no longer going to enable any of this!”
Emily Applegate, who started working with Washington in 2014, told the Washington Put up about on a common basis cases when she would meet with one other female employee to “commiserate and bawl about the frequent sexual harassment and verbal abuse they persisted.”
Seven workers talked about radio announcer Larry Michael, who impulsively retired as Washington’s play-by-play man Wednesday, would “mechanically [discuss] the bodily appearance of female colleagues in sexual and disparaging overtones.”
Six workers and two newshounds talked about Alex Santos, standard director of player personnel, made “depraved remarks about their bodies and [asked] them if they had been romantically in him.”
As reported by The Athletic’s Ben Standig on July 12, Santos and assistant director of pro personnel Richard Mann II had been fired by the organization.
In text messages bought by Hobson and Clarke, Mann told a female employee about conversations he had with coworkers about whether or no longer or no longer she had breast enhancement surgical treatment. He additionally texted one other female employee that she would maybe well per chance be receiving an “depraved hug … And make no longer fear that shall be a stapler in my pocket, nothing else.”
Snyder wasn’t among these alleged to have sexually pressured any of the ladies, nonetheless they did whisper he would “belittle” workers and contributed to the abusive work atmosphere through his conduct.
