{"id":11278,"date":"2020-12-23T13:43:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T13:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=11278"},"modified":"2020-12-23T11:03:03","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T11:03:03","slug":"washington-football-team-faces-investigation-over-sexual-misconduct-and-smear-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/washington-football-team-faces-investigation-over-sexual-misconduct-and-smear-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Football Team Faces Investigation Over Sexual Misconduct &#038; Smear Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/washington-football-team.jpg\" alt=\"Washington Football Team\" title=\"Washington Football Team Faces Investigation Over Sexual Misconduct &#038; Smear Campaign\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11279\" \/>The Washington Redskins received a lot of flak over the years for using the term \u2018<em>Redskins<\/em>\u2019 to their name. <\/p>\n<p>Majority team owner <strong>Dan Snyder<\/strong> was reluctant for a number of years to change the team name as it was an established brand. <\/p>\n<p>However, after much pressure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/president-trump-not-happy-that-redskins-drop-name\/\">Snyder agreed to drop the Redskins tag in 2020<\/a> and rename the NFL franchise to the Washington Football Team.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Football Team is now facing a new set of charges and allegations, which we discuss below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ESPN<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Y7au3VHdLw?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Team Paid $1.6M Bribe To Cover Sexual Misconduct <\/h2>\n<p>There were as many as 40 women who came forward in mid-2020 to claim that Washington fostered a culture of sexual harassment and misconduct. Snyder issued an apology claiming he was unaware that such a culture existed in his NFL franchise and said that he would look into it and ensure that women would not feel exploited while working for the Washington franchise. <\/p>\n<p>Details have now emerged that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/washington-football-team-owner-denies-sexual-misconduct-allegations\/\">Snyder has also been involved in sexual misconduct<\/a>. However, his alleged actions did not come to light earlier because Washington is reported to have paid out $1.6 million to cover things up. The alleged incident reportedly took place on a private plane back in 2009. <\/p>\n<p>This information came to light based on the NFL investigation into Washington\u2019s team culture. <strong>Washington paid out $1.6 million to silence the woman who brought the accusations<\/strong> and to ensure that it did not get out into the public domain. The woman was also fired from the franchise later although employee records show that she voluntarily resigned.<\/p>\n<h2>Minority Owners Launch Smear Campaign <\/h2>\n<p>The NFL investigation has uncovered a lot of dirty laundry including a smear campaign designed to tarnish the reputation of Snyder. The alleged smear campaign was started by one of the minority owners of the Washington franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the top minority owners include  <strong>NVR Inc. board chairman Dwight Schar, CEO for Fedex Frederick Smith and chairman for Black Diamond Capital Robert Rothman<\/strong>. Reports suggest that Schar is the one behind the smear campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL has now hired former attorney general <strong>Loretta Lynch<\/strong> to help with this investigation that continues to get bigger and dirties by the day. The main focus of Lynch\u2019s investigation is to see what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abcmoney.co.uk\/2020\/12\/12\/are-dan-snyder-and-don-juravin-the-victims-of-dwight-schars-smear-campaigns\/\">methods Schar deployed to smear Dan Snyder<\/a>. Lynch has so far not made any comment on the investigation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Redskins received a lot of flak over the years for using the term \u2018Redskins\u2019 to their name. Majority team owner Dan Snyder was reluctant for a number of years to change the team name as it was an established brand. 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