There is no reason for Michael Irvin to be still suspended by the NFL Network.
What happened to innocent until proven guilty? We know that isn’t a reality for black men in America, but Irvin has provided proof that he did nothing wrong, and at best, this was all a misunderstanding.
Do multiple eyewitnesses and video evidence don’t matter when a White Woman is making the accusations?
It sure seems that way, according to Awful Announcing.
In early March, Irvin sued Marriott and the employee for $100 million, saying the woman’s allegations “sickens me.” Since then, his legal team released surveillance video it claims exonerates the 57-year-old Irvin. Also, two witnesses have said that the woman’s story is “fabricated.”
Nevertheless, while the case is being resolved, Irvin will remain sidelined from his role with the NFL Network. The network announced plans for its extensive NFL Draft coverage Wednesday, and a spokesperson told the Dallas Morning News that Irvin “remains suspended.”
Irvin told reporters in early March that the situation is akin to a modern-day lynching.
“This sickens me because in this great country, this takes me back to a time where a White woman would accuse a Black man of something,” Irvin said. And they would take a bunch of guys that were above the law, run in a barn, put a rope around his foot and drag him through the mud — and hang him by the tree. Not a thought about what would happen, not investigation, not after repeated attempts of people trying to go and say, ‘Guys, here is what really happened.’”
I am not sure what more the NFL Network wants from Irvin.
What happened to standing by your employees when they have been falsely accused? Irvin, when this is all said and done, might want to look into suing the NFL Network or finding a new place to talk about football.
Michael Irvin told me “we used to say in football…the eye in the sky don’t tell no lie.” The Cowboys Hall of Famer says this video proves he didn’t sexually assault the woman. Irvin’s legal team says his interaction with the woman backs up his innocence. @FOX4 pic.twitter.com/RKu73DOKxR
— Steven Dial (@StevenDialFox4) March 14, 2023
