Coach resigned after release of racist and homophobic emailsLawsuit claims league led a campaign to bring down GrudenFormer
Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden has sued the NFL and its commissioner, Roger Goodell, alleging that a “malicious and orchestrated campaign” was used to destroy Gruden’s career by leaking old emails he had sent that included racist, misogynistic and homophobic comments.
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The suit was filed in district court in Clark county, Nevada, on Thursday, exactly a month after Gruden resigned as Raiders coach following the publication of his emails by the Wall Street Journal and
New York Times.