Through the congressional inquiry, former workers made new claims instantly towards Snyder. Talking at a committee spherical desk, Tiffani Johnston, a former advertising and occasions coordinator for the crew, mentioned that at a piece dinner in both 2005 or 2006, she sat subsequent to Snyder, who put his hand on her thigh below the desk. Later that night time, she mentioned, she resisted Snyder’s try to push her towards his limousine.
Melanie Coburn, a former cheerleader and director of selling, instructed the committee in February that Snyder hosted a piece occasion at his Aspen, Colo., residence, for which crew executives employed prostitutes.
The N.F.L.’s Second Investigation
The allegations from the February listening to prompted the N.F.L. to begin its second investigation into Snyder and the crew. It’s being led by Mary Jo White, a former Securities and Alternate Fee chair and federal prosecutor. The league mentioned there was no timetable for White to conclude her report.
A number of former workers testified to Congress that Snyder, when instructed that feminine workers members complained of being harassed by male co-workers, did nothing to handle the issues, and even defended one of many males.
Snyder, witnesses mentioned, “endorsed a poisonous tradition on the Commanders by which sexual misconduct, exploitation of girls, bullying of males, and different inappropriate habits was commonplace, and that he was a hands-on proprietor who had a task in practically each organizational resolution,” the committee wrote in Thursday’s report. “As one witness confirmed, Mr. Snyder ‘created a tradition the place this habits was accepted and inspired.’”
The committee additionally mentioned that the N.F.L. warned Snyder to cooperate with the Wilkinson investigation as early as August 2020, however that the league didn’t step in to stop Snyder from obstructing former workers from being interviewed. The league, it mentioned, was made conscious that Snyder was making an attempt to intimidate former workers, and didn’t cease him from doing so.