An employee of Washington's NFL team accused Snyder of asking for sex, groping her and attempting to remove her clothes, according to legal correspondence obtained by The Post. A team investigation concluded the woman was lying in an attempt to extort Snyder.
, Johnston, a former cheerleader and marketing manager for the team, accused the owner of putting his hand on her leg under the table at a team dinner and trying to force her into his limousine.Snyder has denied Johnston’s allegations. The NFL hired Mary Jo White, a former U.S. attorney and chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to investigate her claims as well asWhite did not reply to requests for comment.
groped her and attempted to pull off her clothing before she stopped the assault and pushed him away. “You can’t have the person leading your investigation concerned they might get fired if they come to the wrong conclusion,” said Herskowitz, now a consultant. “That’s a huge problem. This whole investigation didn’t have enough independence and neutrality.”
None of the other passengers on the flight supported the woman’s account, according to the letter. Snyder didn’t direct anyone on where to sit, these people said, and one person claimed the woman pushed her way to the back of the plane and wasn’t invited there by Snyder. Donovan also included in his investigation, according to the letter, allegations about the woman’s personal conduct in the days and months before she accused Snyder, saying they undermined her claim of professionalism.
But in claiming Donovan had proved the woman had lied, according to the letter, the team made a series of conclusive leaps, these experts said. “There’s no set way that victims always behave immediately after being assaulted,” said Justin Boardman, a retired detective who investigated sex crimes for the West Valley City police in Utah.In the letter, Snyder demanded a declaration that no assault occurred and suggested he would attempt to seek financial damages and legal fees from his accuser. When the sides eventually settled in July 2009, however, Snyder did not get any declaration from the woman, and the team instead agreed to pay her.
Hostility quickly developed between Wilkinson and lawyers for Snyder, however, over her efforts to interview the 2009 accuser. While the team publicly released former employees from nondisclosure agreements to speak, Snyder’s lawyers argued to Wilkinson this release did not apply to the 2009 accuser, The Post previously reported.
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