Washington Redskins

At least fifteen girls square measure accusatory Washington Redskins staffers of harassment, report says

The Washington Redskins have launched an interior investigation once fifteen former feminine workers and 2 journalists WHO lined the team defendant team staffers of harassment and verbal abuse, the team told CNN.

The allegations were 1st reported by The Washington Post on weekday. The newspaper obtained screenshots of text messages within which Richard Mann II -- the team's assistant director of professional personnel -- created inappropriate, sexual comments to a feminine worker. Mann was dismissed within the past week.
Former workers additionally defendant Larry archangel, the team's former senior vice chairman of content and play-by-play announcer, of talking concerning the attractiveness of a school intern in 2018 once he was being recorded for a team video, the newspaper reported . archangel retired Wed.
CNN wasn't able to reach Mann and archangel for comment weekday.
Owner Dan Snyder and former team president Bruce Allen weren't directly involved within the harassment allegations brought by the feminine workers and reported by the Post. however Snyder was criticized for fostering a culture within which the behavior was permissible.
When asked by CNN concerning the allegations, the Washington Redskins observed their comments to the Post, spoken communication the team had employed professional letter of the alphabet Wilkinson|chemist} of Wilkinson Walsh LLP "to conduct a radical freelance review of this whole matter and facilitate the the team set new worker standards for the longer term."
The Washington Redskins squad takes problems with worker conduct seriously. ... whereas we tend to don't speak to specific worker things publically, once new allegations of conduct square measure brought forward that square measure contrary to those policies, we tend to address them promptly," the team aforesaid during a statement to the Post.
Wilkinson told CNN on weekday that she was employed by the team to analyze "allegations of work misconduct." She failed to offer any details concerning the allegations.
The Post aforesaid it conducted interviews with quite forty current and former workers. Fourteen of the fifteen accusers told the newspaper that they had signed non-disclosure agreements and feared they may face legal proceeding if their names were used.
The team has been within the spotlight over the past few weeks because it moon-faced pressure to vary its name, that has been long criticized for its racist connotations.
Calls are growing for the team to vary its name in light-weight of the recent protests against racial injustice and police brutality. Earlier this month, the team proclaimed an interior review of the name and Monday, the team proclaimed it'll retire the Redskins name and emblem.
A new name has not been proclaimed nonetheless.
Snyder and head coach Bokkos Rivera "are operating closely to develop a brand new name and style approach," the team aforesaid during a statement.
The decision to re-examine the Washington name came once pressure from company sponsors, together with FedEx, and a few brands, together with Nike and Amazon, removed the team's merchandise from .their on-line stores