Brett Favre, whose final season in a 20-year
National Football League career was tarnished by
a $50,000 league fine for sending inappropriate e-
mails to a former New York Jets employee, is
now reportedly facing a sexual harassment suit
filed by two other women who also once worked
for the Jets.
ABC's Good Morning America website is
reporting that Christina Scavo and Shannon
O'Toole, both former massage therapists for the
Jets, filed suit today against Favre, the NFL team
and Lisa Ripi, a woman who hires massage
therapists for the team, in the Supreme Court of
the State of New York.
GMA says that calls to the Jets about the lawsuit
were not immediately returned.
At the time the NFL announced its fine for Favre, it
disclosed it had reviewed media reports that
Favre pursued two massage therapists who
worked at the Jets' facility in 2008, when Favre
played for the team. But the league said that claim
could not be substantiated because people with
"potentially relevant information" declined to be
interviewed or cooperate with investigators.
In today's suit, GMA says Scavo alleges that Favre
sent text messages to another unidentified
massage therapist, asking Scavo and the
unidentified woman to "get together" with Favre.
Scavo said that in 2008 while Favre was with the
New York Jets, he treated her like a "hanging slab
of meat," according to GMA. In the suit, she
claims he wanted a three-way with her and
another therapist.
Favre allegedly texted the unidentified therapist,
writing, "Brett here, you and Crissy want to get
together, I'm all alone," according to the lawsuit.
Favre allegedly sent another text message
reading, "Kinda lonely tonight, I guess I have bad
intentions."
Scavo claimed that after she refused Favre's
advances and had her husband, Joseph Scavo,
call Favre to demand an apology, both Scavo and
the other plaintiff, Shannon O'Toole, were never
offered work with the Jets again.
To see the GMA's complete story, you can click
here.
Favre last week was fined $50,000 by the NFL for
a "failure to cooperate" with the investigation into
allegations he sent inappropriate messages and
lewd photos to former New York Jets game-day
hostess Jenn Sterger.
The league said then that Commissioner Roger
Goodell "could not conclude" that Favre violated
the league's personal conduct policy based on the
evidence currently available to him.
"The forensic analysis could not establish that
Favre sent the objectionable photographs to
Sterger," the statement said. "The review found
no evidence to contradict the statements of both
Favre and Sterger that they never met in person,
nor was there anything to suggest that Sterger
engaged in any inappropriate conduct."
Goodell determined Favre was "not candid in
several respects during the investigation resulting
in a longer review and additional negative public
attention for Favre, Sterger and the NFL," the
statement said.
The initial allegations against the 41-year-old
Minnesota Vikings quarterback surfaced on the
website Deadspin, which posted a video Oct. 7
that included text messages and voicemails
allegedly left by the quarterback for Sterger,
including one in which he invites her to his hotel.
The video ends with several
below-the belt photos — said to be of Favre —
which were allegedly sent to Sterger.
A former model who also appeared on the
Versus television network, Sterger refused to
speak on the record to the website.
Weeks after the story broke, she talked with
league investigators and cooperated fully,
according to her manager.
Articles taken from: Vancouversun.com
National Football League career was tarnished by
a $50,000 league fine for sending inappropriate e-
mails to a former New York Jets employee, is
now reportedly facing a sexual harassment suit
filed by two other women who also once worked
for the Jets.
ABC's Good Morning America website is
reporting that Christina Scavo and Shannon
O'Toole, both former massage therapists for the
Jets, filed suit today against Favre, the NFL team
and Lisa Ripi, a woman who hires massage
therapists for the team, in the Supreme Court of
the State of New York.
GMA says that calls to the Jets about the lawsuit
were not immediately returned.
At the time the NFL announced its fine for Favre, it
disclosed it had reviewed media reports that
Favre pursued two massage therapists who
worked at the Jets' facility in 2008, when Favre
played for the team. But the league said that claim
could not be substantiated because people with
"potentially relevant information" declined to be
interviewed or cooperate with investigators.
In today's suit, GMA says Scavo alleges that Favre
sent text messages to another unidentified
massage therapist, asking Scavo and the
unidentified woman to "get together" with Favre.
Scavo said that in 2008 while Favre was with the
New York Jets, he treated her like a "hanging slab
of meat," according to GMA. In the suit, she
claims he wanted a three-way with her and
another therapist.
Favre allegedly texted the unidentified therapist,
writing, "Brett here, you and Crissy want to get
together, I'm all alone," according to the lawsuit.
Favre allegedly sent another text message
reading, "Kinda lonely tonight, I guess I have bad
intentions."
Scavo claimed that after she refused Favre's
advances and had her husband, Joseph Scavo,
call Favre to demand an apology, both Scavo and
the other plaintiff, Shannon O'Toole, were never
offered work with the Jets again.
To see the GMA's complete story, you can click
here.
Favre last week was fined $50,000 by the NFL for
a "failure to cooperate" with the investigation into
allegations he sent inappropriate messages and
lewd photos to former New York Jets game-day
hostess Jenn Sterger.
The league said then that Commissioner Roger
Goodell "could not conclude" that Favre violated
the league's personal conduct policy based on the
evidence currently available to him.
"The forensic analysis could not establish that
Favre sent the objectionable photographs to
Sterger," the statement said. "The review found
no evidence to contradict the statements of both
Favre and Sterger that they never met in person,
nor was there anything to suggest that Sterger
engaged in any inappropriate conduct."
Goodell determined Favre was "not candid in
several respects during the investigation resulting
in a longer review and additional negative public
attention for Favre, Sterger and the NFL," the
statement said.
The initial allegations against the 41-year-old
Minnesota Vikings quarterback surfaced on the
website Deadspin, which posted a video Oct. 7
that included text messages and voicemails
allegedly left by the quarterback for Sterger,
including one in which he invites her to his hotel.
The video ends with several
below-the belt photos — said to be of Favre —
which were allegedly sent to Sterger.
A former model who also appeared on the
Versus television network, Sterger refused to
speak on the record to the website.
Weeks after the story broke, she talked with
league investigators and cooperated fully,
according to her manager.
Articles taken from: Vancouversun.com
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