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Dan Snyder, owner of the Washington NFL franchise, released a statement after 15 women said they were sexually harassed during their time as team employees. by members within the organization.
In an official press release, Snyder said the “behavior described yesterday Washington Post the article has no place in our franchise or society “and promised to” institute new policies and procedures “after an independent investigation into the allegations is completed:
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On Thursday Will Hobson and Liz Clarke of Washington Post released a report in which 15 women who worked for Washington between 2006 and 2019 said they were sexually harassed by other employees of the organization.
By ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Washington hired attorney Beth Wilkinson to “take a deep dive into the past culture of the organization “and review organizational protocols.
Head coach Ron Rivera released a statement on the allegations to ESPN. John Keim after the story was published: “The most important thing is that we have to move forward from this and make sure that everyone understands that we have policies that we will follow and that we have an open-door policy without pay. Also, my daughter works for the team and I am sure it will not to allow any of this! “
Emily Applegate, who started working with Washington in 2014, told the Washington Post about daily instances when he would meet with another employee to “sympathize and cry over the frequent sexual harassment and verbal abuse they endured.”
Seven employees said radio announcer Larry Michael, who abruptly retired as Washington’s game-by-game man on Wednesday, “routinely [discuss] the physical appearance of female colleagues in sexual and derogatory connotations. “
Six employees and two reporters said Alex Santos, a former director of player personnel, made “inappropriate comments about their bodies and [asked] they were romantically interested in him. “
As reported by The Athletic’s Ben Standig on July 12, Santos and deputy director of professional staff Richard Mann II they were fired by the organization.
In text messages obtained by Hobson and Clarke, Mann told an employee about the conversations he had with his coworkers about whether or not he had breast enhancement surgery. He also texted another employee saying that she would receive a “Inappropriate hug … And don’t worry, that will be a stapler in my pocket, nothing more.”
Snyder was not among those alleged to have sexually harassed any of the women, but they did say he would “look down” on employees and contributed to the abusive work environment through their behavior.
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