BREAKING: DC AG to file consumer protection suit against Washington Commanders, alleging 'the team and its owner have caused very real and very serious harm, and then lied about it.' 'So far they seem to have gotten away with it. But that stops today.'
Washington Commanders' Dan Snyder poses for photos during an event to unveil the NFL football team's new identity, Feb. 2, 2022, in Landover, Md.The District of Columbia will file a consumer protection lawsuit against the Washington Commanders, the team's owner Daniel Snyder, the National Football League and the league commissioner Roger Goodell, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced Thursday.
The defendants are being sued "for collusion to deceive residents of the District of Columbia about their investigation into a toxic workplace culture that impacted employees, especially women," Racine said at a press conference. A spokesperson for the Washington Commanders told ABC News on Wednesday ahead of the scheduled press conference, "the Commanders have fully cooperated with the AG's investigation for nearly a year. As recently as Monday, a lawyer for the team met with the AG who did not suggest at that time that he intended to take any action and, in fact, revealed fundamental misunderstandings of the underlying facts.
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