Jon Gruden wants to use NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, along with a few other team owners, as potential witnesses after having filed a lawsuit against the pro league, reports claimed on Wednesday. Gruden has alleged that the league purposefully leaked damaging emails that forced him to resign as the Las Vegas Raiders’ coach in October 2021.
Several media outlets published emails that showed Gruden using racist, sexist, and anti-gay language in communications with former Commanders general manager Bruce Allen. At the time the messages were sent, Gruden was working as an analyst at ESPN.
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Along with Goodell, Gruden’s attorneys are seeking testimony from former Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder, Raiders owner Mark Davis, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jone,s New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and former NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith.
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The filing suggests that Goodell, with the former and current NFL team owners, would testify regarding the league’s investigation into the Commanders and the alleged “pressuring of the Raiders to terminate Gruden.”
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Goodell and the NFL have denied Gruden’s allegations.
The filing on Wednesday also suggests that there have been no settlement talks between Gruden and Goodell.
Jon Gruden won the Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2003
Jon Gruden won the Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in his first year as their coach in 2003. His Buccaneers beat the then-Oakland Raiders 48-21 in the big game.
Gruden worked with the Buccaneers for seven years. He also had two stints with the Raiders.
Gruden has compiled a 117-112 regular-season record as a coach in the NFL and a 5-4 postseason record.
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