The Washington Commanders on Sunday introduced kicker and 10-calendar year NFL veteran Brandon McManus amid allegations of sexual assault from two women of all ages stemming from an incident that transpired throughout his tenure with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2023.
In a lawsuit that was submitted in Duval County Circuit Civil Court on Friday, two women, who ended up used as flight attendants by the Jaguars, accused McManus of attempting to kiss a single of them, rubbing himself against them and grinding from them through the team’s Sept. 28 flight to London. The two women, looking for in excessive of $1 million in damages, also accused the Jaguars of failing to supervise McManus and failing to create a secure get the job done surroundings for the team’s staff. The two former Jaguars personnel will be represented by Tony Buzbee, an lawyer who represented girls who accused Deshaun Watson of sexual assault.
The Commanders, who signed McManus to a just one-calendar year, $3.6 million deal back again in March, expressed how very seriously they take the allegations in a statement the working day the lawsuit was filed—and their ensuing steps Sunday night time seem to be to again up people phrases.
The Jaguars experienced stated they are “looking into the subject” in a statement of their very own.
Meanwhile, McManus’s lawyer, Brett Gallaway, mentioned the adhering to in a assertion on Sunday night, according to Nicki Jhabvala of The Washington Put up.
Assertion from Brandon McManus’s lawyer, Brett Gallaway: pic.twitter.com/sYwfDFGD6w
— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) June 3, 2024
McManus has appeared in 161 video games in his vocation, converting on 81.4% of his area aim attempts and 97.2% of his added points.
