Brandon McManus was launched by the Washington Commanders on Sunday, within the aftermath of allegations that he sexually assaulted two girls on a transatlantic flight.
“We take allegations of this nature very significantly,” the Commanders stated in a press release.
The 2 girls have been working as flight attendants on the Jacksonville Jaguars’ flight to London final September. They allege in a civil lawsuit that McManus tried to kiss certainly one of them and rubbed up towards each of them whereas they have been making an attempt to hold out their work duties. They’re searching for in extra of $1m in damages, in response to court docket paperwork. McManus was enjoying for the Jaguars on the time and the staff have been on their solution to London for a pair of regular-season video games.
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McManus’s lawyer, Brett R Gallaway, denied the allegations towards his consumer in a press release launched on Sunday night time.
“We reiterate that the allegations towards Brandon are and stay completely false and importantly, are contradicted by indeniable proof and the accusers’ personal prior inconsistent statements and omissions,” Gallaway stated. “Whereas we’re disillusioned with the staff’s resolution to launch Brandon earlier than he had the chance to defend towards these fabricated claims, we are going to aggressively defend and clear Brandon’s title and popularity by means of the authorized course of. We intend to defeat these claims, totally exonerate him and stay up for seeing him again on the sector the place he belongs.”
McManus, 32, signed with Washington in March after enjoying final season, his tenth within the NFL, with Jacksonville. The Commanders and Jaguars earlier within the week every stated they have been trying into the state of affairs.
