The NFL Network, ESPN, and Marriott owe Michael Irvin an apology.
It was clear from the beginning that something about the story was fishy. No one wanted to say what Irvin allegedly did that warranted him being pulled off the air from Super Bowl week.
At least five independent witnesses have gone on record to say Irvin did absolutely nothing wrong.
Here are the latest two via TMZ Sports.
TMZ Sports spoke to Phil Watkins, a man from Australia, in Arizona on Thursday, who says he watched and listened to the interaction between 56-year-old Irvin and his alleged accuser, an interaction he described as “positive” and “friendly”.
Watkins says he was hanging out with his buddies, taking photos with the Hall of Famer outside the hotel where Michael was staying. As they walked inside, the witness says Irvin was approached by a woman as he was trying to go to the elevator.
“It was a positive, friendly conversation. They had a brief interaction, it was 30, 40 seconds, he kept his distance at all times, stood about a meter away from her, they ended with a handshake and he literally turned around and went to the lift.”
We also talked to a second alleged witness, Bryn Davis from Philadelphia, who echoed Watkins’ story.
“We walked back to go into the bar, [Irvin] went straight to go to his hotel room, and I guess somebody that worked there, I don’t know if it was a waitress or a bartender I guess came up and said, ‘Hey Michael Irvin.’ And he said, ‘Oh, nice to meet you, I’m Michael’ and shook her hand.”
“The crazy part was it was like a 30-second interaction. It could’ve been a minute. I didn’t really think much of it ’cause it was just a fan kind of thing.”
Irvin is suing the woman and the hotel for $100 million, and I hope he gets every penny.
Flip the pages for video from the new witnesses.