NFL Network Exec Deletes Twitter Account After Graphic Conversations With Porn Stars Emerge

Earlier this week, the NFL Network and ESPN were rocked with a Harvey Weinstein-esque sexual misconduct allegation involving Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk and former Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, and 3 other stars (See: NFL Network, ESPN Suspend Faulk, McNabb And 3 Other Stars After Sexual Harassment Lawsuit).

Both networks said they are investigating the sexual allegations and that the NFL stars have been suspended.  Just days after that bombshell, a low-key cleanup inside the NFL network is quietly underway, with an NFL Network Exec, who furiously deleted his Twitter interactions with prostitutes and porn stars before completely deleting his entire account.

NFL Media’s Vice President and Executive Director David Eaton, 53,  spent much of Tuesday deleting years worth of Twitter conversations with and unfollowing hundreds of accounts of prostitutes and porn stars; shortly after, the entire Twitter account was deleted in the late afternoon timeframe, according to Dead Spin.

In a much larger damage control operation, it appears Eaton had a sitdown with HR to discuss options in dealing with his idiotic conversations with porn stars on social media for the world to see.

Luckily, Dead Spin was able to screenshot Eaton’s "social" horniness on social media, before it was wiped away from the public view. Eaton, who runs the online news for the NFL-owned cable network, was not mentioned in the latest lawsuit filed on Monday by stylist Jami Cantor, but he did spend his work hours talking about his rather unique cooking techniques to one porn star, in which he ‘double fisted poultry.’

According to Dead Spin, “Eaton’s online horniness consisted of sometimes mundane, sometimes racy, and often one-sided banter with escorts, former escorts, and porn stars.”

Eaton drummed up a conversation with porn star Zoey Holloway…

In one exchange during the NFL offseason, it must have been a boring day, where he focused on one porn star’s dress rather than the upcoming NFL season.

Eaton managed to use “spatchcocking” and “double fisting” in one sentence while talking to a former escort Olivia LaRoux.

There was even one occasion back in 2015, where he tried discussing literature with an account featuring a topless women avatar, Dead Spin said.

Further, according to Dead Spin, Eaton’s Twitter conversations with porn stars had been an “ongoing subject of discussion” inside the NFL Network for quite some time, although aAn NFL Media spokesman declined to comment on the issue.

It’s been a rather embarrassing week for the NFL, as what we’ve coined ‘the Weinstein contagion’ is not limited to the NFL. The obvious questions for next week are i) where will ‘the Weinstein contagion’ strike next, and ii) when will all of this finally take down half od Wall Street?

NFL Network, ESPN Suspend Faulk, McNabb And 3 Other Stars After Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Ever since sexual assault allegations first surfaced against Harvey Weinstein several weeks ago, barely a day has gone by that some high-profile media personality or politician didn"t get exposed for their truly sickening sexual deviancy. 

Now, it seems as if the latest allegations have struck the sports world with the NFL Network and ESPN having suspended five former football players, including Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk and former Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, due to allegations in a court filing accusing them of repeated sexual harassment. Other ex-players named in the suit include Ike Taylor and Heath Evans, who along with Faulk were suspended by the NFL Network, as well as Eric Davis, who along with McNabb were suspended from ESPN.

Both the NFL Network and ESPN say they are investigating the allegations and that the NFL stars in question have been suspended with pay.

According to CNN, the suit was filed in California superior court in Los Angeles by Jami Cantor, a former wardrobe stylist at the NFL Network, and listed the following complaints:

Faulk fondled Cantor"s breasts, invited her to his hotel room and pulled out his genitals in front of her and asked, "when are you going to get on this already?" He also is alleged to have pinned her to the wall and demanded oral sex while he pulled down his pants.

 

Ike Taylor allegedly sent Cantor inappropriate pictures of himself including a nude video of him masturbating in the shower.

 

Heath Evans allegedly sent Cantor nude pictures of himself on at least two separate occasions, told her "you"re making me horny," and that he "needed to get in you deep and hard."

 

Sapp allegedly gave Cantor sex toys as a Christmas gift three years in a row, and showed her nude photos of women he said he had slept with. She said when the network required her to work in the men"s bathroom preparing clothes, Sapp also allegedly came in and urinated in front of her.

 

Eric Davis is accused of sliding his hand between Cantor"s legs, grabbing her, rubbing up against her and making lewd comments to her. She alleges when she once slapped his hand away he aggressively told her never to push his hand away again.

 

Donovan McNabb is accused of sending inappropriate text messages.

Adding insult to injury, Cantor"s lawsuit also alleges that her complaints were dismissed by the NFL Network"s talent coordinator as she was told "It"s part of the job when you look the way you do."

Meanwhile, one non-athlete, former executive producer Eric Weinberger, was also named in Cantor"s suit and has since been suspended by his new employer The Ringer.

Weinberger is alleged to have also sent Cantor nude photos of himself and pressed his crotch against her shoulder, asking her to touch him He is also alleged to have touched her crotch, groped her breasts and to have reached down her pants to "check if she was wearing underwear."
Weinberger has been suspended.

 

"These are very serious and disturbing allegations that we were made aware of today. We are placing Eric on leave indefinitely until we have a better understanding of what transpired during his time at the NFL, and we will conduct our own internal investigation," the site said in a statement.

Of course, as we noted yesterday, CNN and WaPo are said to be working on 20-40 sexual misconduct stories at the moment...so the only question now is who will be exposed tomorrow?

"Our Flag Is Very Special" - NFL Superstar Herschel Walker Blames NFL Commissioner For Crisis

Former NFL susperstar Herschel Walker - who aggressively praised America’s military heroes and first responders - slams NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for not quelling the national anthem protests.

NYPost"s John Aidan Byrne reports that the Heisman Trophy winner doesn’t beat around the bush:

“Guys, let me tell you this,” he said. 

 

“Our flag is very special, and black lives matter, but what we should do is go to Washington after the season and protest there instead. We have young men and women fighting for the flag. And we have to respect the White House.”

Walker - who used to play for President Trump’s short-lived USFL New Jersey Generals in the ’80s...

Was not done...

“I absolutely think the protests are so upsetting, and I blame the commissioner,” he said.

 

“I know people are going to be angry when I say it, but he should have stopped the protests at the very beginning.”

All of this comes after a week of turmoil between Goodell and the owners amid a continued slide in ratings.

Goodell-Jones Feud Escalates As NFL Accuses Cowboys Owner Of "Conduct Damaging To The League"

The NFL has decided to escalate its growing feud with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones by alleging that his efforts to "sabotage contract negotiations" with commissioner Roger Goodell is tantamount to conduct that is "detrimental to the league"s best interests."  Ironically, as the Wall Street Journal points out, proving that an owner"s conduct is "detrimental to the league" is exactly what the NFL would have to prove in order to fine Jones and/or impose other penalties on him or his team.

The NFL accused Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones of trying to sabotage its contract negotiations with commissioner Roger Goodell, calling his conduct “detrimental to the league’s best interests.”

 

That language, included in a letter sent to Jones’s attorney on Wednesday and reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, escalates a growing conflict between the league and one of its most powerful owners.

 

The tension has grown so severe that the topic of removing Jones has been discussed by at least some owners, according to three people familiar with the matter. That type of drastic action would require the league showing conduct detrimental to the league—which is exactly the language the league used in its November letter to Jones’s attorney, David Boies.

As the New York Times notes, Jones" relationship with Goodell and the NFL has soured since Goodell suspended the Cowboys’ star running back, Ezekiel Elliott, in mid-August.  After the suspension, Jones seemingly retaliated by trying to slow discussions about the commissioner’s new pay package, which the owners on the compensation committee had been working on for months.

Jones has said in recent weeks that he has only been trying to increase the transparency of the contract negotiations and give more owners a voice in the process. Jones voted along with every other owner in May to approve an extension, but he has said that much has changed since then and that Goodell’s new contract should reflect these issues, which include the protests during the national anthem at N.F.L. games.

 

But two weeks ago, Jones, a nonvoting member of the compensation committee, escalated the dispute when he threatened to sue the league and the six owners on the committee if they did not bend to his will.

Not surprisingly, in a radio interview yesterday, Jones was dismissive of his risk of being banished from the league and described any chatter about his ouster as “ridiculous.”

Meanwhile, as the silly bickering and political posturing continues in the NFL, fans are increasingly sending the signal that they"ve had just about enough...as evidenced by Monday Night Football this past week posting the 4th worst ratings in ESPN history...perhaps it"s time to take the hint?

"The Juice Is Loose" OJ Simpson Released From Nevada Prison After 10-Year Stay

After nearly a decade behind bars, the Juice is finally loose.

After serving more than nine years for a Las Vegas kidnapping and armed robbery, OJ Simpson walked out of a Nevada prison early Sunday to start a new life as a parolee, CNN reported. Earlier this week it had been reported that the former NFL and television star who became the focus of the “trial of the century” after the double-homicide of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her companion Ron Goldman, could be released as soon as Monday.

Simpson left High Desert State Prison, located near Las Vegas, Nevada, shortly after midnight local time, and was picked up by an unidentified friend, according to Brooke Keast, a spokeswoman for the Nevada Department of Corrections.

"I told him, "Don"t come back," and he responded, "I don"t intend to," " Keast said. "He was upbeat, personable and seemed happy to get on with his life."
Keast added that they released Simpson in the middle of the night to help him avoid the paparazzi.

"Our biggest concern was our safety and the public"s safety and not wanting anybody, paparazzi, to follow him," Keast said. "He left through a big blue door through the front gatehouse and exited quietly. He looked down because he didn"t want to be photographed."

As the New York Post reported yesterday, even before leaving prison, Simpson put the squeeze on television networks, asking for millions of dollars for an exclusive interview.

“He’s not talking for free,” a longtime confidant told The Post. “It has to be the big one because he’s only going to do it one time and it has to be worth his while.”

What exactly would “the big one” look like? Simpson is set to ask for $3 million to $5 million to sit down with the likes of NBC’s Matt Lauer, Megyn Kelly or Lester Holt; ABC’s Robin Roberts and Michael Strahan; or CBS’ newest “60 Minutes” correspondent Oprah Winfrey.

According to NYP, Simpson’s team has reached out to several outlets to gauge their interest. It’s not known if the interest is mutual.

While the major networks maintain that they don’t pay for interviews, it’s an open industry secret that popular shows like Good Morning America, Today and others pay big bucks to “license images and video.”

“They pay and he’s got photos from jail with his family and friends; he’s got some other stuff, too, that people have never seen before and this could be a major deal for any network, any show,” the source said.

Simpson was memorably granted parole in July where he maintained that the armed robbery charges that initially landed him in prison were the result of a misunderstanding between himself and his victim, whom he said later apologized to Simpson for taking sports memorabilia belonging to the former NFL star.

The Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners voted unanimously to release Simpson after he had served nine years of a 33-year sentence.

Before his release, prison officials did an inventory of what he wanted to take with him or leave behind. He walked out of prison with paperwork and "three or four boxes about the size of a microwave," according to Keast.

Inside the boxes were items such as a hot plate, clothing and shower shoes, she said.

Simpson also met with one person who"ll become a fixture in his after-prison life: His parole officer, CNN reported.

"They went over what he needs for parole and where he needs to check in, what he should do to get a driver"s license, et cetera [and] instructions on what to do once he"s out there," Keast said.

Now that he"s out of prison, those who know him are not expecting him to become a recluse.

"He"s not going to hide," said longtime friend Tom Scotto, who attended Simpson"s parole hearing this summer.

Simpson eventually plans to move to Florida. But for now, he"ll live in a gated residence with unspecified friends in a wealthy Las Vegas suburb.