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The Washington Football Team owner did not impede the investigation into his team last year, according to Roger Goodell.
According to a Washington Post article, the owner of the business had been accused of sexual harassment by a woman in 2009. A $1.6 million settlement was paid to the woman.
The work that our investigator did was unaffected by the efforts of the man.
Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform who pushed the NFL to release documents related to the investigation now want more answers from the league about the reported attempts to block the investigation.
The congressman told the sports network that what was reported was "deeply disturbing and it continues to compel us to investigate the situation." They want more from the league.
Krishnamoorthi said that they have been producing documents on a regular basis. The need for a lot more information from them is what we learned yesterday. I would like them to increase the volume of the documents.
The Post reported that the accusation was learned of shortly after she began her investigation into the franchise. According to the Post, the former team employee's attorneys worked to prevent the interview from happening.
According to the Post, the team had reached a settlement with a woman who had threatened to take the Washington owner to court. The alleged incident took place on a private plane. The New York Times reported last year that a copy of the agreement did not detail the allegations and that the team never admitted to wrongdoing.
An insurance carrier settled the case according to the Post article. The accuser's attorneys had offered her more money in order to keep her quiet. According to the story, the accuser's attorney wrote a letter to the lawyers of the other party about the attempt to block the other party from speaking to her.
The question is why they went to that length to try to silence that witness and what else did they do to put the kibosh on this investigation? Krishnamoorthi said something.
He didn't know if the Post story made it more likely that there would be congressional hearings on this matter.
"It depends on their level of cooperation," Krishnamoorthi said. This information will come out one way or another. We're seeing people give information to the press, so the question is do they want to give it to the press themselves or do they want it to come out in a different way?
The spokesman said that the league continues to be responsive to the committee. We will decline further comment out of respect for the committee.
