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Wednesday 13 december 2017

NFL Network suspends analysts over sexual misconduct suit

NEW YORK (AP) — Hall of
Fame player Marshall Faulk
and two other NFL Network
analysts were suspend-
ed after a woman who
worked as a wardrobe styl-
ist at the network accused
them of sexual misconduct
in a lawsuit.
The NFL on Tuesday identi-
fied the three as Faulk, Ike
Taylor and Heath Evans.
They have been “suspend-
ed from their duties at NFL
Network pending an inves-
tigation into these allega-
tions,” league spokesman
Brian McCarthy said.
Jami Cantor described
several sexually inappro-
priate encounters with the
three retired players and
others who have worked
for NFL Network, according
to court documents first re-
ported by Bloomberg .
Former NFL Network execu-
tive Eric Weinberger, former
NFL Network analysts Don-
ovan McNabb, Eric Davis,
and Hall of Famer War-
ren Sapp, and former NFL
Network employee Marc At left, in an Oct. 5, 2017, file photo, Marshall Faulk broadcasts from the field after an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buc-
caneers, in Tampa, Fla. At center, in a Sept. 9, 2015, file photo, NFL Network’s Ike Taylor is interviewed during a media availability
Watts also are named in on set at the NFL Network studios, in Culver City, California. At right in a Sept. 9, 2015, file photo, NFL Network’s Heath Evans is inter-
the lawsuit. viewed during a media availability on set at the NFL Network studios, in Culver City, Calif. Hall of Fame player Marshall Faulk and
Weinberger is president two other NFL Network analysts have been suspended after a former employee alleged sexual misconduct in a lawsuit.
of the Bill Simmons Media Associated Press
Group and was placed complaint Monday to the
on leave, according to original suit filed in Los An- Halak, Islanders end skid with win over Caps
a statement given to the geles Superior Court in Oc-
New York Times . McNabb tober. By The Associated Press
and Davis now work as Cantor said in the suit that NEW YORK (AP) — Jaroslav
ESPN radio contributors. Faulk fondled and groped Halak made 31 saves af-
“We are investigating, and her and asked “deeply ter getting a vote of con-
McNabb and Davis will not personal and invasive fidence from his coach,
appear on our networks questions” about her sex and the New York Islanders
as that investigation pro- life. Cantor said she re- beat the Washington Capi-
ceeds,” ESPN spokesman ceived inappropriate and tals 3-1 on Monday night to
Josh Krulewitz said Tuesday. sexually explicit texts from snap a three-game winless
None of the men named Weinberger, McNabb, Tay- streak.
immediately responded lor and Evans. Brock Nelson, Andrew Ladd New York Islanders defenseman Dennis Seidenberg (4), of
to messages seeking com- Faulk starred for the India- and John Tavares scored Germany, body-blocks a shot as Islanders goalie Jaroslav
ment from The Associated napolis Colts and St. Louis goals for the Islanders, who Halak (41), of Slovakia, and Washington Capitals right wing Alex
Chiasson (39) watch the puck slide away during the second
Press. Rams. built a 3-0 lead early in the period of an NHL hockey game in New York, Monday, Dec. 11,
Cantor worked at NFL Net- The running back was the second period and ended 2017. Islanders center Anthony Beauvillier (72) also watches the
work for a decade until she NFL’s MVP in 2000 and won Washington’s four-game play.
was fired in October 2016. a Super Bowl with the Rams winning streak. Associated Press
In the suit against NFL Enter- in the 2000 game. He re- It was the second time this fore being pulled after the and John Gibson made 28
prises, she alleges age and tired in 2005. season that Halak held an Islanders scored their third saves for the Ducks, who
sex discrimination, sexual Taylor spent 12 seasons as opponent to a single goal goal 1:34 into the second won for just the third time
harassment that created a a cornerback with the Pitts- and the third time New period. in 11 games. The injury-
hostile work environment, burgh Steelers. York has allowed one goal DUCKS 3, HURRICANES 2 plagued team was boost-
wrongful termination and Evans, a fullback, was in as a team. Halak’s strong ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Lo- ed by the simultaneous
defamation. the league for 10 seasons, performance came after gan Shaw had a goal and returns of Silfverberg and
“The supervisors knew mostly with Seattle, New coach Doug Weight sternly an assist, and Jakob Silfver- captain Ryan Getzlaf, who
about it, the supervisors ob- England and New Orleans. defended his goaltenders berg returned from a five- had missed 19 games after
served it,” Cantor’s lawyer, The lawsuit and suspensions following the team’s skate game injury absence to getting hit in the face with
Laura Horton, told The New are the latest in a wave of Monday morning. New score the tiebreaking goal a puck.
York Times on Monday. sexual misconduct allega- York was 1-3-1 over its last late in the second period But then the Ducks lost for-
“It was insidious in this par- tions against prominent five games. of Anaheim’s victory over ward Corey Perry to a po-
ticular environment.” men in politics, entertain- Braden Holtby made nine Carolina. tentially serious lower-body
Cantor filed an amended ment and media.q saves for the Capitals be- Derek Grant also scored injury in the first period. q