Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder was accused of sexually harassing and assaulting a former team employee in 2009 before the team paid her $1.6 million as part of a confidential settlement, according to a new report.
The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the woman told the team that Snyder allegedly asked her for sex, groped her and attempted to pull off her clothing during a private flight back from Las Vegas in April 2009.
Snyder has denied the allegations — his legal team called them “meritless” in a court document in 2020, saying the payment only came at the request of an insurance company — but the bombshell comes on the eve of Wednesday’s hearing from the House Oversight and Reform Committee in which NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is set to testify remotely.