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Michael DiRocco, ESPN Employees AuthorSep 6, 2024, 04:13 PM ET
Close- Michael DiRocco is an NFL reporter at ESPN. DiRocco covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He beforehand coated the College of Florida for over a decade for ESPN.com and Florida Instances-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville College and is a a number of APSE award winner. You possibly can comply with DiRocco on Twitter at @ESPNdirocco.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two ladies have now connected their names to their lawsuit in opposition to former Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Brandon McManus and the Jaguars that claims he sexually assaulted them on the workforce’s abroad journey to London in 2023, in keeping with court docket paperwork obtained by ESPN.
Daisy Torres and Nicole Anderson refiled the lawsuit Friday afternoon, three days after a circuit court docket decide in Florida dismissed their beforehand amended lawsuit by ruling that, per Florida regulation, using pseudonyms Jane Doe I and Jane Doe II didn’t meet the “distinctive case” standards required to warrant anonymity.
Choose Michael S. Sharrit wrote that “equity requires Plaintiffs be ready to face behind their expenses publicly in the identical method Defendant McManus should brazenly refute them.”
Torres and Anderson, who had been flight attendants for the chartered airline the Jaguars used on their journey to London final September, had 10 days to file an amended grievance utilizing correct title identification.
On Thursday morning, McManus’ lawyer, Brett Gallaway, filed a request for admissions, which asks the opposite social gathering to both deny or admit to sure actions, statements or paperwork. In that submitting, Gallaway claims the ladies made sexually express social media posts, used a racial slur, had earlier sexual relationships with NFL gamers whereas working, had an dependancy to medicine and drank on the job, amongst different issues.
“Because the inception of this case, we now have maintained that this can be a basic shakedown premised on fictitious claims introduced by serial extortionists with questionable credibility and counsel that prefers litigating his instances within the media relatively than a courtroom,” Gallaway stated in a press release. “Nothing about this re-filing modifications our place that this can be a pure smear marketing campaign. Brandon doesn’t know these two ladies and vehemently denies ever participating within the alleged conduct. Now that the names of the plaintiffs are public, we look ahead to what we anticipate shall be dispositive discovery and deposition testimony finally leading to Brandon’s full exoneration.”
Torres and Anderson first filed a lawsuit Might 28 in Duval County Circuit Civil Courtroom, accusing McManus of sexually assaulting them on the Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings chartered flight.
The lawsuit accused McManus of getting drunk and grinding in opposition to them a number of instances and of making an attempt to kiss Torres. It additionally accused the Jaguars of failing to oversee McManus, failing to create a secure surroundings for workers serving the workforce, ignoring NFL guidelines relating to alcohol and medicines on workforce flights and telling the flight attendants to disregard FAA guidelines.
Torres and Anderson are in search of greater than $1 million and demanding a jury trial.