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You gained’t see Michael Irvin on TV this week overlaying the Super Bowl, because the Dallas Cowboys legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer has been benched by broadcasters resulting from a misconduct allegation made by a lady the previous large receiver encountered at a lodge.
NFL Network has pulled Irvin within the wake of the unspecified occasions, which occurred Sunday night time at a lodge in Arizona. Between the community and the lady who introduced the claims, nobody is speaking.
“Michael Irvin will not be a part of NFL Network’s Super Bowl LVII week coverage,” Alex Riethmiller, NFL Media’s vp of communications, stated in an announcement, in response to the Dallas Morning News.
However, as common, Irvin is confused.
“Honestly, I’m a bit baffled with it all,” Irvin instructed the Dallas Morning News. “This all happened in a 45-second conversation in the lobby. When I got back after going out … I came into the lobby and I talked to somebody. I talked to this girl. I don’t know her, and I talked to her for about 45 seconds. We shook hands. Then, I left. … That’s all I know.”
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In an interview with 105.3 The Fan on Wednesday morning, Irving claimed he didn’t bear in mind the interplay after having “a few drinks.” It’s additionally been reported {that a} spokesperson from the Glendale Police Department stated they’d no data of any reported incident involving Irvin.
In 2018, Irvin was named in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed towards NFL Network, and in addition served a earlier suspension by the corporate. In 2017, the Broward County (Florida) State Attorney’s Office selected to not pursue fees towards Irvin after a sexual assault investigation. (He denied the allegations.) In 2011, a settlement was reached in a civil lawsuit that accused Irvin of sexual battery. And in 1997, a lady that then accused Irvin and former Cowboys teammate Erik Williams of rape in 1996 recanted her story and admitted she lied, in response to the police.