A lawsuit against NFL Enterprises in Los Angeles Superior Court accuses several current and former NFL Network personalities, along with former executive producer Eric Weinberger, of sexual harassment. According to Bloomberg, the allegations come via Jami Cantor, a former wardrobe stylist at the network.
The list of accused features a laundry list of former players, including Marshall Faulk, Donovan McNabb, and Warren Sapp.
BREAKING: Ex @nflnetwork employee alleges sex harassment against former executive, current/former talent, including Marshall Faulk, Warren Sapp, Donovan McNabb, Ike Taylor, Heath Evans, @Ericweinberger, who now runs @BillSimmons’ The Ringer #Sportsbiz
— Scott Soshnick (@soshnick) December 12, 2017
The network announced via a statement that Faulk, Taylor, and Evans have all been suspended as an investigation takes place. Neither Sapp nor McNabb are currently employed by the network, and as Soshnick mentions in his first tweet, Weinberger left the network to serve as the president of Bill Simmons Media Group.
Statement from @nflnetwork:
“Marshall Faulk, Ike Taylor, and Heath Evans have been suspended from their duties at NFL Network pending an investigation into these allegations.” #sportsbiz— Scott Soshnick (@soshnick) December 12, 2017
Soshnick and Jordyn Holman ran through some of the allegations, which include things like explicit comments from McNabb, “sexually inappropriate” photos and videos from Taylor, and these disturbing claims against Faulk and Weinberger.
Cantor, a wardrobe stylist at the NFL Network, said Weinberger sent “several nude pictures of himself and sexually explicit texts” and told her she was “put on earth to pleasure me.” He also pressed his crotch against Cantor’s shoulder and asked her to touch it, according to the complaint.
She said she was also sexually harassed by on-air talent. Faulk, who’s an NFL Network analyst, would ask Cantor “deeply personal and invasive questions” about her sex life and fondled her breasts and groped her behind, according to the complaint.
Cantor brought these allegations to a superior at the network named Marc Watts, who she claims told him that advances like these are “part of the job when you look the way you do.”
(Via Bloomberg)