Executives at the Washington Football Team, formerly the Washington Redskins, are under fire after a new report alleges that team owner Daniel Snyder and other executives abetted a toxic workplace for female employees.
The Washington Post published a story detailing incidents that allegedly happened during the last 10 years, including Snyder reportedly telling cheerleaders to go up to a hotel room with one of his friends to “get to know each other better.” The report also accuses Washington Football executives of ordering that outtakes from a swimsuit shoot in 2008 be produced for Snyder. Larry Michael, the former radio voice of the team, allegedly asked for the video to be produced for Snyder.
Brad Baker, who previously worked for Michael, told the Post in an interview that Michael told members of his staff to make the video for Snyder. Michael denied the allegations when reached by the Post.
One of the men Baker said was involved in making the video, Tim DeLaney, disputed the claim.
“I was never asked to create an outtakes video, and I have no knowledge of anyone creating one or even being asked to create one,” said DeLaney, then Washington’s vice president of production and now vice president of broadcast and digital content for the Arizona Cardinals. “I certainly would have remembered that conversation had it happened.”
On Wednesday, Snyder responded to the report via a letter.
“The behavior described in the Washington Post’s latest story has no place in our franchise, or our society. While I was unaware of these allegations until they surfaced in the media, I take full responsibility for the culture of the organization,” he wrote in the letter.
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