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Latest NFLPA brief takes aim at Lisa Friel’s testimony
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The NFLPA’s reference to testimony provided by Friel at the internal appeal hearing comes in response to a contention by the league that the Commissioner was aware of the concerns raised by Director of Investigations Kia Roberts, who believed that the evidence did not justify a suspension — and who curiously was excluded from key meetings that led to the suspension. The NFLPA explains that the league’s argument “conspicuously ignores Friel’s inconsistent and incoherent testimony on this subject,” pointing out that “within the space of a few minutes of cross-examination, Friel testified every which way but Sunday about what the Commissioner was told.”
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“It was this ‘varying testimony’ — by an experienced attorney no less — that led Judge Mazzant to conclude that the arbitral record was ‘less than convinc[ing]’ that the Commissioner was aware of Roberts’ conclusion that the accuser’s claims against Elliott were incredible, uncorroborated, and insufficient to impose any discipline,” the NFLPA explains in its latest submission in support of a new preliminary injunction, in New York.
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...lpa-brief-takes-aim-at-lisa-friels-testimony/
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The NFLPA’s reference to testimony provided by Friel at the internal appeal hearing comes in response to a contention by the league that the Commissioner was aware of the concerns raised by Director of Investigations Kia Roberts, who believed that the evidence did not justify a suspension — and who curiously was excluded from key meetings that led to the suspension. The NFLPA explains that the league’s argument “conspicuously ignores Friel’s inconsistent and incoherent testimony on this subject,” pointing out that “within the space of a few minutes of cross-examination, Friel testified every which way but Sunday about what the Commissioner was told.”
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“It was this ‘varying testimony’ — by an experienced attorney no less — that led Judge Mazzant to conclude that the arbitral record was ‘less than convinc[ing]’ that the Commissioner was aware of Roberts’ conclusion that the accuser’s claims against Elliott were incredible, uncorroborated, and insufficient to impose any discipline,” the NFLPA explains in its latest submission in support of a new preliminary injunction, in New York.
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...lpa-brief-takes-aim-at-lisa-friels-testimony/
