Dan Snyder will pay $60 million to the NFL after an independent investigation confirmed he sexually harassed an employee and that the Commanders withheld revenue from the NFL, the league announced Thursday evening.
The attorneys representing the two former Commanders employees whose allegations prompted the investigation called it a “a day to celebrate.” But in a statement, they asked “why, after being repeatedly made aware of the numerous allegations against Mr. Snyder – through our clients’ testimony, the Beth Wilkinson investigation and a Congressional investigation – the NFL and Roger Goodell allowed him to retain ownership, buried the findings of its own investigation and most importantly, helped him hide and avoid accountability.”
Former U.S. Attorney and SEC Chair Mary Jo White conducted the 17-month investigation. White and her team interviewed dozens of witnesses, reviewed over 10,000 documents, and brought assistance from a team of forensic accountants.
In 2022, Tiffani Johnston testified about two incidents to the House Oversight Committee investigating workplace culture allegations. In the first incident, she said Snyder placed his hand on her thigh during a work dinner and tried to push her to his car when leaving the same event.
Snyder denied Johnston’s allegations, but the evidence supports that Johnston was touched non-consensually at the work dinner and pushed towards the back seat of Snyder’s car.
In the other incident, she said a...
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