NFL Films and the league gets sued for allegedly storing lewd images of women and sexual content at games in their database
The league said that the image were stored as 'sensitive' to stop their use in future.
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NFL Films accused of storing inappropriate images and videos of women at games (Image via Pro Cheer Life)
The National Football League has been accused of wrongdoings on multiple occasions of the exact same thing they are raising awareness about. There have been many lawsuits filed against the NFL and its team. Most notably, former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores sued the league for racial discrimination during hiring. He alleged that the league only interviews coaches of color to fulfill the Rooney Rule and doesn’t actually intend to hire them.
Last year, Washington Commanders were under fire as was revealed by The Washington Post that the female staff of the franchise was sexually harassed by owner Dan Snyder and top executives. Even the Dallas Cowboys were investigated for the same reasons as female cheerleaders revealed that a senior executive used to record them changing clothes in the locker room on his phone.
Now, the Wall Street Journal has published an article stating that a lawsuit has been filed against NFL Films for allegedly cataloging lewd shots of women present at the games. The lawsuit was filed by a female employee who stumbled upon these files that contained thousands of shots of women which were categorized and stored on the server.
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NFL Films stored videos under different categories
Victoria Russell, a former temporary worker at NFL Films filed a lawsuit against the league and the production company in New Jersey for storing the picture and video footage of women at games in their database. Russell mentioned in her complaint that the videos had timestamps on them along with vivid descriptions such as “cheerleaders buttocks,” “cheerleaders rear end,” “female fan in bikini top,” “naughty camera work,” “close up of cheerleader’s breasts; cleavage shot,” “shot of endowed woman” and “random woman, cleavage shot.”
The league strongly refuted these allegations and said that they would be fighting against it with all they’ve got. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said to the Wall Street Journal that the images were labeled as “sensitive” to stop their usage in future productions. “Those frames are logged as ‘sensitive’ so that they can be removed from circulation, meaning they will not be accessible to employees whose job it is to locate footage for productions,” McCarthy said. “Ms. Russell didn’t have credentials for the logging system, nor did any aspect of her responsibilities involve accessing footage.”
Victoria Russell is also suing NFL Films and the league over her treatment as a Black female employee. She alleged that she wasn’t given the same promotions as her male and white counterparts and was denied a proper workspace and pay raises. Brian McCarthy opposed these claims and said, “We are committed to providing all employees a workplace that is respectful, diverse, inclusive, and free from discrimination and harassment. The NFL didn’t discriminate or retaliate against Ms. Russell during her time as a temporary staff member. We will vigorously defend against these claims.”
This lawsuit will be investigated with a fine tooth and comb because of the previous issues with the Commanders and the Cowboys. More and more fans are being disgusted by the wrongdoings happening all around the league and parents aren’t allowing their kids to pursue any career that takes them to the league. Let’s see how ugly this lawsuit gets and whether the league comes out with its hands clean or is caught red-handed.
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Yash Karandekar
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