The call comes from inside the house.
Former Washington Commanders franchise general manager Bruce Allen testified before the US House of Representatives that owner Dan Snyder and his staff disclosed a series of racist, homophobic and misogynistic emails between Allen and former Raiders head coach Jon Gruden. .
Allen testified that he was told by an NFL executive that the move was intended to impeach Snyder because the team has been the subject of multiple investigations into workplace misconduct.
“By June 2021, Mr. Snyder went a step further: He identified ‘characteristically inappropriate Bruce Allen emails’ for the NFL to bolster allegations that Mr. Allen was responsible for a toxic workplace culture,” — says the report published by the organization. The House Oversight and Reforms Committee was read.
Public reports indicate that while the NFL was concerned about Mr. Allen’s emails, it found them to be “outside the scope of the Washington football team’s initial investigation.” About four months later, in October 2021, Mr. Allen learned that many of the “inappropriate” emails Mr. Snyder had received from his Commanders’ email account had been leaked to the Wall Street Journal. Mr. Allen said that when he called Lisa Friel, the NFL’s attorney, to complain, she said, “We didn’t do that at the league office,” implying that the captains were responsible for the leak. It came from them.”
Gruden, with whom Allen exchanged emails, was the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders at the time of the leak, which occurred during the 2021 NFL season. In the emails, Gruden said then-NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith had “lips the size of Michelins. [sic] tires,” and also ripped the Rams for projecting female umpires, players kneeling for the National Anthem, and openly gay player Michael Sam.
Snyder has faced various charges of his own. Congress opened an investigation into various allegations of workplace misconduct, with female employees alleging widespread sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior. Snyder himself was accused of sexual assault by a woman in a 2009 incident on a team plane.
The report found that Snyder had a direct role in the sexual harassment investigation at the team, including allegations that he inappropriately touched a woman at a team dinner, among other allegations.
As Walls closes in on Snyder, Allen claims he leaked emails to the Wall Street Journal to incriminate the team’s former GM in the workplace culture.
Since he was fired by the Raiders after the emails surfaced, Gruden took the brunt of the leak. He tried to defend himself by saying he “doesn’t have a racial bone in his body” in response to an email about Smith. Gruden is suing the NFL, fighting to find out who was behind the leak.
Snyder, who has owned Washington since 1999, has taken initial steps to sell the team, hiring Bank of America Securities to help with a potential sale.
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