Commanders owner Dan Snyder will have to pay $60 million to the NFL in resolution after an investigation concluded the club improperly hid finances from the NFL.
Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder will have to pay $60 million to the NFL in resolution after an investigation concluded the club improperly hid finances from the NFL and that Snyder inappropriately touched a former cheerleader from the organization, according to a report the league released Thursday.
“After extensive investigation, we have sustained both Tiffani Johnston’s allegation of sexual harassment by Mr. Snyder and Jason Friedman’s allegation of deliberate underreporting of NFL revenues by the Club to avoid its VTS sharing obligations,” the report stated.
The release of the report coincided with the sale of the Commanders, which was approved by league owners on Thursday.
“Documentary evidence, witness interviews, and Club admissions all corroborated Mr. Friedman’s allegations that the Club intentionally shielded and withheld shareable NFL revenues,” the report stated.
Snyder and the club have denied any wrongdoing.
The report outlined a pattern of deliberate steps investigators determined the Commanders took to conceal revenue from the NFL.
“Although Mr. Snyder denied it, multiple witnesses informed us that Mr.
