D.C. attorney general sues Washington Commanders, team owner and NFL

D.C. Lawyer Basic Karl Racine took new goal at Dan Snyder, the proprietor of the Washington Commanders, alleging in a lawsuit introduced Thursday that he and the NFL deceived D.C. residents concerning the league’s investigation into sexual harassment and misconduct.

Why it issues: Racine mentioned he plans to subpoena Snyder as a part of a civil lawsuit that alleges the embattled proprietor, the franchise, the NFL, and league commissioner Roger Goodell violated a D.C. client safety regulation to learn financially.

• Racine alleged the league’s “so-called impartial investigation,” led by lawyer Beth Wilkinson, was riddled with interference from Snyder and that the general public didn’t obtain its findings past a seven-sentence assertion.

What they’re saying: “The Commanders and Dan Snyder lied to D.C. residents about what they knew a couple of poisonous tradition of sexual harassment after which they entered right into a secret settlement with the NFL and Commissioner Goodell that saved the reality from D.C. residents — all in an effort to guard their earnings,” Racine mentioned in a press release.

The opposite aspect: John Brownlee and Stuart Nash, attorneys for the Commanders, mentioned in a press release: “We agree with AG Racine on one factor: the general public must know the reality.”

• The attorneys mentioned the swimsuit “repeats numerous innuendo, half-truths and lies,” however welcomed the “alternative to defend the group — for the primary time — in a court docket of regulation and to determine, as soon as and for all, what’s reality and what’s fiction.”

The massive image: A number of ladies have accused Snyder and different crew officers of sexual harassment, spurring investigations into and scrutiny of him and the crew from Democrats in Congress. Snyder took half in a non-public, digital deposition for a Home committee in late July, after spending a part of the summer time on his yacht within the Mediterranean.

• “The depositions usually are not more likely to happen on a yacht, however in a convention room within the District of Columbia,” Racine mentioned throughout a information convention.
• Racine mentioned the swimsuit may produce a payout with “numerous zeros,” alluding to his earlier client safety claims in opposition to different corporations that resulted in multi-million greenback settlements

The intrigue: Racine mentioned his workplace would quickly have an replace on a separate investigation into the Commanders’ ticket gross sales income.

Catch up fast: Snyder employed a financial institution this month to discover promoting the crew.

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