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The National Football League plans to appeal a ruling by the Nevada Supreme Court that will allow former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden to proceed with his lawsuit and not go through the league for arbitration, according to the Associated Press. Gruden sued the NFL in November 2021, claiming that the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell had organized a “malicious and orchestrated campaign” to destroy his career by leaking old emails he had sent that included offensive language.
By a 5-2 decision, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled Monday that the NFL constitution and bylaws’ arbitration clause “does not apply to Gruden as a former employee and is unconscionable,” allowing Gruden’s lawsuit to proceed in public. The NFL will now request a rehearing from the same court.
Jon Gruden NFL lawsuit timeline: How the former Raiders coach has battled in court over leaked email scandal
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Gruden’s lawsuit centers around the content of emails that he had sent to former Washington Commanders executive Bruce Allen while working as an on-air analyst at ESPN, which were leaked to media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal and New York Times during a league investigation into Washington’s workplace culture. Gruden claims that the NFL selectively leaked his emails, which contained allegedly racist, misogynistic and anti-gay remarks, in an attempt to…
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