Lawyers for the National Football League claim former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden “consistently” sent “derogatory emails” while he led the team.
Jon Gruden stepped down as the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders last October after it was reported he made racist, misogynistic, and homophobic emails directed at Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, among others in emails.
In a court filing last week, the NFL openly questioned an order from Gruden suggesting he didn’t send derogatory messages while with the Raiders.
“In several places, Gruden’s proposed order states that the emails were ‘sent between 2011 and 2018, during which time Gruden was not working as a coach in the NFL but as an employee of ESPN,” the league’s lawyers wrote.
“This means that the league believes (or already knows) that Gruden sent problematic emails not only while he worked for no NFL team but also after he returned to the Raiders in 2018. Gruden’s lawyers argue that the league has blown its window to bolster a failed argument that the case should be resolved in arbitration by arguing that Gruden also sent “derogatory” emails after joining the Raiders.”
Gruden and the NFL agreed to a confidential settlement when he resigned, court documents indicate.
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He signed a $100 million contract with the then-Oakland Raiders in 2018. According to the lawsuit, he is not being paid the remaining balance on the contract, which runs through 2027.
Gruden’s lawsuit seeks a jury to award Gruden damages for his resignation.
In May, a judge declined the NFL’s request to throw out the lawsuit. Gruden left court that day saying, “Go Raiders.”
