If it's not one thing it's the other with your Dallas Cowboys.
A recent report from Don Van Natta Jr. on ESPN claims the team paid four cheerleaders a "confidential settlement" of $2.4 million after they accused a senior team executive of watching them change in the locker room.
The allegations stem from an incident following a 2015 event at AT&T Stadium, in which the four cheerleaders accused former senior vice president for public relations and communication Richard Dalrymple "standing behind a partial wall in their locker room with his iPhone extended toward them while they were changing their clothes."
According to a team source, Dalrymple, who did not respond to interview requests by ESPN, says he entered the cheerleaders' locker room not knowing the women were there and left "right away."
The team launched a formal investigation and found no wrongdoing on Dalrymple's part. They issued him a formal warning in October 2015, because they did have clear evidence he, at the very least, entered the cheerleader's locker room using his security key card access.
Still, that following May, the Cowboys settled the matter with the four cheerleaders to the tune of $399,523.27 each, which included a nondisclosure agreement in which the four women, three of their spouses, and Cowboys officials agreed to never speak publicly about their allegations.
Dalrymple continued to work for the Cowboys for six years after the incident, retiring earlier this month after 32 years with the team.
This past Monday, Dalrymple released a statement calling the allegations against him from 2015 "false."
He said:
People who know me, co-workers, the media and colleagues, know who I am and what I'm about. I understand the very serious nature of these claims and do not take them lightly. The accusations are, however, false. One was accidental and the other simply did not happen. Everything that was alleged was thoroughly investigated years ago, and I cooperated fully.
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