According to a new report from the Washington Post, Washington Football Team owner Daniel Snyder attempted to silence a witness who had charged him with sexual misconduct in 2009.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has claimed Snyder, who has relinquished day-to-day control of the team to his wife, Tanya, and the team, fined $10 million, have been properly punished in the league’s investigation into workplace misconduct following a bombshell report in the Post in July 2020 that described widespread sexual harassment by team executives.
But the investigation had revealed little new information about Snyder and the Washington Football Team. The biggest news to come out of it so far has been racist, sexist and homophobic language used by former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden that led to his resignation. There has been speculation that Gruden was merely a sacrificial lamb offered up to the public to steer attention away from Snyder and Washington. After Gruden resigned, dozens of former Washington employees urged the NFL to release the full findings of its investigation.