Snyder, NFL face lawsuit in D.C.

The attorney general for the District of Columbia announced Thursday that his office is filing a civil consumer protection lawsuit against the Washington Commanders, owner Daniel Snyder, the NFL and Commissioner

Roger Goodell.

The suit, the product of a yearlong investigation, alleges the Commanders and the league colluded to hide what they knew about workplace misconduct that was pervasive with the club. Snyder already had been suspended by the NFL.

In June 2021, the NFL fined Snyder’s organization $10 million for having a toxic workplace culture but did not publicly release the findings of independent investigator Beth Wilkinson.

— Sam Farmer

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