Michael Irvin has gotten three people to testify in court that they witnessed his interaction with the unnamed Mariot hotel employee accusing him of misconduct. These three people were named in his court filing to solidify his case.
According to PFT;
At a time when Marriott apparently is keeping relevant evidence close to the vest, Michael Irvin is putting his cards on the table.
Daniel Kaplan of TheAthletic.com reports that Irvin has named three witnesses in a court filing. They are described as claiming that they witnessed Irvin’s interaction with an unnamed Marriott employee, and that Irvin did not engage in any misconduct.
The employee’s complaint, when passed along to NFL Network, resulted in Irvin being removed from the outlet’s Super Bowl week coverage. Irvin filed a defamation lawsuit against Marriott and the unnamed employee later that week.
The case has been removed from Texas state court to Texas federal court. The fact that Irvin has already submitting paperwork naming witnesses suggests the case is moving forward fairly quickly — or at least that Irvin’s lawyers are trying to make that happen.
The Marriott has refused to hand over the video that could exonerate Irvin even though a Judge has already ruled that Irvin should be able to see the footage and know the name of this accuser.
According to the filing, the witnesses don’t know each other, so it isn’t like they have all gotten together to try to help Irvin out. They are trying to do the right thing because they believe Irvin is being railroaded.
If Irvin wins the lawsuit, will the NFL Network issue an apology for taking him off the Super Bowl coverage?
There is video of the witnesses speaking to multiple outlets about what they saw and how Irvin didn’t do anything wrong.
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