More than a dozen women allege sexual harassment and verbal abuse by former team employees at Redskins Park Emily Applegate, photographed this week, said her year working for the Redskins was "the most miserable experience of my life." (Photo by Celeste Sloman for The Washington Post) By A few months after Emily Applegate started working for the Washington Redskins in 2014, she settled into a daily routine: She would meet a female co-worker in the bathroom during their lunch breaks, she said, to commiserate and cry about the frequent sexual harassment and verbal abuse they endured. They...…More than a dozen women allege sexual harassment and verbal abuse by former team employees at Redskins Park Emily Applegate, photographed this week, said her year working for the Redskins was "the most miserable experience of my life." (Photo by Celeste Sloman for The Washington Post) By A few months after Emily Applegate started working for the Washington Redskins in 2014, she settled into a daily routine: She would meet a female co-worker in the bathroom during their lunch breaks, she said, to commiserate and cry about the frequent sexual harassment and verbal abuse they endured. They...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Washington Football Team paid a female former employee $1.6 million as part of a confidential settlement in 2009, according to a copy of the agreement reviewed by The Washington Post. The settlement was struck after the woman accused team owner Daniel Snyder of sexual misconduct, a person familiar with the matter said.The alleged incident occurred on Snyder’s private plane on a flight returning from the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, said the person, who was not authorized to discuss the matter and...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Washington Football Team paid a female former employee $1.6 million as part of a confidential settlement in 2009, according to a copy of the agreement reviewed by The Washington Post. The settlement was struck after the woman accused team owner Daniel Snyder of sexual misconduct, a person familiar with the matter said.The alleged incident occurred on Snyder’s private plane on a flight returning from the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, said the person, who was not authorized to discuss the matter and...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareThe contracts for the Washington Football Team’s cheerleaders held them to a strict moral code. “Inappropriate” conduct or online content, including nude or seminude appearances in “tasteless” films, videos or photographs, could trigger immediate dismissal.“Each cheerleader must at all times conduct herself with due regard to public conventions and morals,” read two contracts obtained by The Washington Post, covering 2008 and 2010.Such provisions are not unusual in the NFL, according to lawyers familiar with such contracts, and...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareThe contracts for the Washington Football Team’s cheerleaders held them to a strict moral code. “Inappropriate” conduct or online content, including nude or seminude appearances in “tasteless” films, videos or photographs, could trigger immediate dismissal.“Each cheerleader must at all times conduct herself with due regard to public conventions and morals,” read two contracts obtained by The Washington Post, covering 2008 and 2010.Such provisions are not unusual in the NFL, according to lawyers familiar with such contracts, and...WW…