The lawsuit says the team and league violated D.C. consumers' rights based on what they knew about the organization's workplace misconduct.
WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia attorney general's office on Thursday filed a civil consumer protection lawsuit against the Washington Commanders, owner Dan Snyder, the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell, accusing them of colluding to deceive fans by lying about an investigation into the team's workplace misconduct.
"For years, the team and its owner have caused very real and very serious harm and then lied about it to dodge accountability," Racine said, also pointing blame at Goodell and the league.Racine said the team and league violated D.C. consumers' rights based on what they knew about the organization's workplace misconduct, alleging Snyder lied about his knowledge of the situation.
"We agree with AG Racine on one thing: the public needs to know the truth," Commanders counsel John Brownlee and Stuart Nash said in a statement."Although the lawsuit repeats a lot of innuendo, half-truths and lies, we welcome this opportunity to defend the organization — for the first time — in a court of law and to establish, once and for all, what is fact and what is fiction.
Racine said the lawsuit is happening in civil court because his office does not have criminal jurisdiction on the matter. He is leaving office Jan. 2 and expects successor Brian Schwalb to continue the case. Lawyers Lisa Banks and Debra Katz, who represent more than 40 former team employees, said the civil complaint"is further evidence of what we've long known: that both the Commanders and the NFL have engaged in deception and lies designed to conceal the team's decades of sexual harassment and abuse, which has impacted not only the victims of that abuse, but also consumers in the District of Columbia.
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