Nevada Judge Denies NFL Bid to Dismiss Jon Gruden Lawsuit

The Jon Gruden lawsuit will go on in court docket after Nevada Choose Nancy Allf denied NFL motions to dismiss the lawsuit towards the league.

The NFL was looking for dismissal of the case to power the problem into arbitration.

Former Las Vegas Raiders and Tremendous Bowl-winning head coach Jon Gruden alleges that the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell created, “a malicious and orchestrated marketing campaign” to leak the inappropriate emails despatched by Gruden between 2010 and 2018.

After the emails leaked, which noticed the Gruden use a racial trope to criticize NFLPA government director DeMaurice Smith in 2011 and different emails with homophobic, misogynistic and sexist insults, Gruden resigned from his head coach place with the Raiders in October.

The NFL launched the next assertion following Wednesday’s ruling.

“We consider Coach Gruden’s claims ought to have been compelled to arbitration, and we’ll file an attraction of the Courtroom’s willpower,” the NFL stated in a press release to Entrance Workplace Sports activities. “The Courtroom’s denial of our movement to dismiss just isn’t a willpower on the deserves of Coach Gruden’s lawsuit, which, as we’ve got stated from the outset, lacks a foundation in legislation and truth and proceeds from a false premise — neither the NFL nor the Commissioner leaked Coach Gruden’s offensive emails.”

What the denial of shifting the movement into arbitration implies that the case will transfer ahead in court docket. A trial might result in who precisely was behind the leak, amongst different info.

In the meantime, Gruden stated the next outdoors the court docket.

“We’re going to let the method maintain itself,” Gruden stated. “Good luck to the Raiders. Go Raiders. I haven’t got something [else] to touch upon. This course of will maintain itself. It is good to be again in Vegas. I’m going to see associates tonight.”

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