The District’s consumer protection lawsuit announced Thursday aims to show Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell “repeatedly lied to and deceived” D.C. consumers about the investigation into sexual harassment of team workers.
Two women who worked for the team hope the suit will help paint a more vivid picture of what they saw as a toxic work environment.
“This is kind of the moment we’ve been waiting for,” said Megan Imbert, a former employee in the team’s broadcast department, who watched D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine’s Thursday news conference with former cheerleader Melanie Coburn. “We risked our lives, our reputations, to be a part of this, and bring truth to light.”
Racine accused the team and the league of “colluding to deceive residents of the District of Columbia about their investigation into a toxic workplace culture that impacted employees, especially women. All of that deception was done to protect their profits and their image.”
The attorney general added that D.C. residents “have a right to know the truth about the companies they support with their hard-earned dollars.”
“The law is on our side, and I’m just looking forward to what the future holds,” said Imbert. “This is the most significant day of the past two and a half years for me.”
In February, Coburn testified on Capitol Hill, before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, a day after the team rolled out its new name, the Washington Commanders.
Coburn told...
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