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Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Dan Snyder Scandal Update: Washington Whistleblower Speaks Out About Infamous Cheerleader Video - Sports Illustrated

One of the many allegations made against Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder involves the recording of topless cheerleaders and having those recordings edited into a highlight reel-type of product.

When those allegations surfaced in August 2020, Snyder denied knowledge of the tapes and said he certainly didn't order their creation.

Since then, an investigation led by attorney Beth Wilkinson was started by Snyder, taken over by the NFL, completed, and as of yet, has not seen the light of day.

In fact, the original plan when Wilkinson began her query was to produce a written report, but the league instead asked for an oral version of her findings.

These developments, at least in part, are why the original source to the Washington Post about the candid cheerleader video has decided to make himself known to the public.

And it's why he decided to go on The Team 980 this week, to discuss the events leading up to his coming into possession of the video in the first place.

"With the way the 'Wilkinson Report'...was sort of buried and shelved by the NFL, it just angered me," Thomas Kercheval told Chris Russell and Pete Medhurst during their daily radio show, Russell and Medhurst. "And I thought it's time to put my name to some of these things if that helps the process."

Kercheval was a freelance video editor from around 2006-2019 for Washington's NFL franchise and said he'd come in often to help edit content for the team in-season, and work on a team documentary from home during...



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