Links:
WaPo Link (Paywall): https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...-sexual-harassment-larry-michael-alex-santos/
Non-Paywall Link: https://outline.com/CdyCuU

A few months after Emily Applegate started working for the Washington Redskins in 2014, she settled into a daily routine: She would meet a female co-worker in the bathroom during their lunch breaks, she said, to commiserate and cry about the frequent sexual harassment and verbal abuse they endured.

They cried about the former chief operating officer's expletive-laced tirades, Applegate said, when she recalled him calling her "f-----g stupid" and then requesting she wear a tight dress for a meeting with clients, "so the men in the room have something to look at." They cried about a wealthy suiteholder who grabbed her friend's backside during a game, Applegate said, and the indifference the team's top sales executive displayed when she complained.


But most of all, Applegate said, they cried about the realization their dream job of working in the NFL came with what they characterized as relentless sexual harassment and verbal abuse that was ignored — and in some cases, condoned — by top team executives.

Applegate is one of 15 former female Redskins employees who told The Washington Post they were sexually harassed during their time at the club. The other 14 women spoke on the condition of anonymity citing a fear of litigation, as some signed nondisclosure agreements with the team that threaten legal retribution if they speak negatively about the club. The team declined a request from The Post to release former female employees from these agreements so they could speak on the record without fear of legal reprisal. This story involved interviews with more than 40 current and former employees and a review of text messages and internal company documents.

Team owner Daniel Snyder declined several requests for an interview. Over the past week, as The Post presented detailed allegations and findings to the club, three team employees accused of improper behavior abruptly departed, including Larry Michael, the club's longtime radio voice, and Alex Santos, the team's director of pro personnel.

More at the links.
 

Mortemis

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Oct 25, 2017
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Like I said in the other thread, there's some gross af comments in there. These texts are gross:

Conversation between Richard Mann II and a former female Redskins employee

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Snyder needs to go for fostering this sick culture.
 

mrmoose

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Nov 13, 2017
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Someone should post the article that was posted in the other thread, from two years ago, detailing a trip to Costa Rica in 2013 where cheerleaders were forced to act as escorts (but not forced to have sex). It was pretty horrific just reading that and the reactions of not only the cheerleaders (who were reportedly crying after being "picked" plus their passports were taken away) but the team itself.
 

Parshias

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Oct 25, 2017
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Unfortunately it seems like Snyder is disconnected enough from this to slip out from under it. While he almost certainly knew about this stuff going on, there's no direct link to Snyder in the article and all of the perpetrators have been fired so he could easily claim that he fired the offenders as soon as he found out about it, even if it is bullshit.
 

entremet

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Oct 26, 2017
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Unfortunately it seems like Snyder is disconnected enough from this to slip out from under it. While he almost certainly knew about this stuff going on, there's no direct link to Snyder in the article and all of the perpetrators have been fired so he could easily claim that he fired the offenders as soon as he found out about it, even if it is bullshit.
Something similar happened with the Dallas Mavericks. Mark Cuban said he was unaware and tearfully apologized for not being as diligent about his organization's culture.
 

entremet

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Mr.Awesome

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Given the "hype" around this story I have to think this is just the first part but I guess we'll see
 
Oct 25, 2017
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Lmao can you imagine thinking:
We better change our racist name to get some good pub before our sexual harassment shit gets out

What a shit show
 

DiceHands

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Oct 27, 2017
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lol oh man that text. what a fucking loser. snyder is done. fuck this org. time to clean house.
 
Nov 16, 2017
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What happened is awful, but I honestly expected worse with the way reporters were hyping this up on Twitter and their cheerleader scandal from some years ago. Fuck Snyder and his merry band of pervs.
 
Oct 25, 2017
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Snyder routinely belittled top executives, according to three former members of his executive staff, perhaps most intensely Greene, the former sales executive, whom Snyder mocked for having been a male cheerleader in college. After one executive staff meeting, according to one former employee, Greene said Snyder had ordered him to do cartwheels for their entertainment.

There goes any plausible deniability for Snyder, what a POS
 

mrmoose

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There goes any plausible deniability for Snyder, what a POS

That still seems too tame to take the team away from him and doesn't really pin him down as knowing about this other stuff. You could argue that he fostered this kind of atmosphere (and he did) but you'd need receipts (or a huge uproar from fans paying the bills) for this not to be done the Mark Cuban way (we cleaned house and promise to do better).
 

The Albatross

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Shit organization. Shit ownership. Shit people.

Hope Snyder and all those who enable this are forced out by the league