NANCY
NANCY CHEN, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK. >>> ALL RIGHT, WE NEED TO GET
STRAIGHT TO SOME BREAKING NEWS
JUST INTO OUR NEWSROOM.
SO THE 4@WASHINGTON POST JUST
RELEASED THAT BOMBSHELL REPORT
ABOUT WASHIN4@GTON'S NFL TEAM.
IT 4@SAYS 15 WOMEN WHO WORKED F
THE TEAM ALONG SEXUAL
HARASSMENT BY FORMER SCOUTS 4@A
MEMBERS 4@OF OWNER DANIEL
INSIDER'S INNER CIRCLE.
>> 4@EARLIER TODAY WE CONFIRMED
THE TEAM 4@LAWYER IS LOOKING AT
THE ALLEGATIONS.
THE ALLEGATIONS. SHARLA 4@MCBRIDE JOINS US NOW.
SHE'S BEEN LOOK AT THE REPORT.
WHAT DOES 4@IT SAY?
>> Reporter: IT REALLY4@ IS
SHOCKING, DISTURBING.
SHOCKING, DISTURBING. IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE TO READ SO
I'M GOING TO GET THROUGH A FEW
BULLET POINTS.
BULLET POINTS. AS YOU KNOW THIS STORY WAS JUST
PUBLISHED A FEW MINUTES AGO SO
WE'RE COMBING THROUGH
EVERYTHING BUT THIS IS WHAT WE
DO 4@KNOW.
DO 4@KNOW. IT INVOLVES 15 FORMER FEMALE
EMPLOYEES OF THE WASHINGTON
REDSKINS.
REDSKINS.
REDSKINS. NONE OF THOSE 4@EMPLOYEES WORK
THERE ANY MORE.
THEY CLAIM SEXUAL 4@HARASSMENT
COMING FROM EXECUTIVES WITHIN
THE PROGRAM.
THE PROGRAM. THEY CLAIM SEXUAL HARASSMENT ON
THE JOB FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
ALSO, OVER THE LAST WEEK THE
POST 4@HAS PRESENTED DETAILS OF
THESE ALLEGATIONS TO 4@THE CLUB
DAN SNYDER HAS DECLINED
REQUESTS FOR INTERVIEWS.
I WANT TO 4@ADD THAT THE THREE
TEAM EMPLOYEES ACCUSED OF
IMPROPER BEHAVIOR HAVE LEFT.
4@ THAT INCLUDES 4@LONGTIME RADIO
ANNOUNCER LARRY MICHAEL.
HE ABRUPTLY RETIRED 4@YESTERDAY
AFTER 16 YEARS.
NO ONE REALLY KNEW WHY.
HE LEFT WITH ONE STATEMENT.
NOW WE KNOW HE IS 4@ONE OF THE
ONES ACCUSED OF SEXUAL
HARASSMENT, ALONG WITH 4@ALEX
SANTOS.
SANTOS.
SANTOS. THE TEAM HAS HIRED D.C. POWER
ATTORNEY BETH WILKINSON.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE WOMEN
DID NOT ACCUSE DAN SNYDER OF
ACTION AT ALL, BUT THEY DO
BLAME HIM FOR WHAT THEY ARE 4@
CALLING A SOPHOMORIC CULTURE OF
VERBAL ABUSE.
VERBAL ABUSE. THE ACCUSATIONS ARE SHOCKING.
I'M 4@STILL READING THROUGH SOM
THE ACCUSATIONS ARE SHOCKING. I'M 4@STILL READING THROUGH SOM@
OF THEM.
OF THEM.
OF THEM. IT'S HARD TO READ, AND IT'S
HARD TO UNDERSTAND 4@WHAT THESE
WOMEN WENT THROUGH.
>> SHARLA, HERE IN THE D.C.
AREA JUST A FEW 4@YEARS AGO WE @
WERE TALKING ABOUT A SCANDAL
CONNECTED TO WASHINGTON
CHEERLEADERS, WHERE THEY4@ HAD
BEEN EXPLOITED IN SOME 4@WAY.
AND YOU ARE A FEMALE SP4@ORTS
REPORTER, AND 4@SOME OF THE
ACCOUNTS HERE ARE FROM
REPORTERS WHO HAVE COVERED THIS
TEAM, WHO TALKED ABOUT WHAT
THEY HAD TO ENDURE JUST IN THE
QUEST OF HAVING TO DO THEIR
JOB, TO REPORT ON WHAT THIS
TEAM IS DOING.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS?
>> 4@Reporter: YOU KNOW, IT'S
REALLY DIFFICULT, BECAUSE
ESPECIALLY THE FEMALE SPORTS
REPORTERS.
REPORTERS. YOU GO INTO THESE PLACES AND
YOU GO INTO LOCKER ROOMS AND
YOU GO INTO THESE INTERVIEWS
AND YOU EXPECT TO BE TREATED
WITH RESPECT, AND EXPECT 4@TO B
TREATED WITH DIGNITY.
WHEN YOU'RE HEARING SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT THESE WOMEN 4@WENT
THROUGH, IT'S NOT OKAY.
IT'S NOT OKAY, THE SEXUAL
HARASSMENT THAT THEY ARE
CLAIMING HAPPENED, SOME WOMEN
SAYING THEY WERE GRABBED
INAPPROPRIATELY, THAT THEY WERE
SAYING THEY WERE GRABBED INAPPROPRIATELY, THAT THEY WERE@
CURSED AT, THEY WERE BELITTLED,
THAT THEY OFTEN GATHERED TIN
WOMEN'S REST ROOM TO CRY WITH
EACH OTHER 4@IN THE MIDDLE OF
THEIR WORKDAY BECAUSE OF WHAT
WAS GOING ON TO THEM.
IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE TO READ.
IT'S SHOCKING THAT THIS WENT ON
FOR SO LONG, AND IT'S AWFUL FOR
THESE WOMEN THAT THEY WENT
THROUGH THIS, AND THEY'RE BRAVE
TO COME FORWARD NOW.
>> SHARLA, LET ME ALSO ADD
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. I
THIS. I GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT
BEFORE WE WEPT ON AT 6:00.
THE WASHINGTON POST DIDN'T JUST
START INVESTIGATING THESE
ALLEGATIONS IN THE PAST 4@SEVER
DAYS OR WEEKS.
THEY TALKED TO MORE THAN 40
PEOPLE, A LOT WOULD WOULDN'T
USE THEIR NAMES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY POINT
OUT IS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT BOTHERS THESE WOMEN, THE
REASON THEY DIDN'T COME OUT
EARLIER, THEY HAD SIGNED THESE
NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS WHERE
AS PART OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT
THEY COULDN'T TALK ABOUT THE
THINGS THAT HAD GONE ON.
AND WE HAVE SEEN THIS IS ONE OF
THE WAYS THEY MANAGED 4@TO KEEP
WOMEN QUIET ON THIS.
BUT 4@APPARENTLY THEY HE EVE4@
HIRED ONE OF THE BEST ATTORNEYS
IN TOWN TO LOOK INTO THIS.
THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS KNEW
THIS WAS COMING BEFORE THEY
ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WERE GOING
TO DROP THE NAME, BECAUSE
THEY'VE ALL DECLINED COMMENT,
BUT THEY HAVE BEEN HIT BY THE
4@ WASHINGTON POST MANY TIMES OVER
THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS TO TRY
AND GET THEM TO COMMENT.
THE WASHINGTON POST HAS EVEN
PRESENTED SOME OF THE EVIDENCE
THAT THESE WOMEN HAVE TURNED
OVER, AND THE REDSKINS HAVE NOT
RESPONDED TO THIS.
SO THEY KNEW THIS WAS COMING,
AND THEY KNOW HOW BAD THIS 4@IS
AND HOW DEPOSIT THIS RUNS.
>> Reporter: YOU'RE EXACTLY
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. THEY KNEW IT WAS COMING.
THEY GAVE THEM WEEKS TO
PREPARE.
PREPARE.
PREPARE. THEY ASKED FOR COMMENTS SEVERAL
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. AGAIN, NO COMMENT FROM DAN
SNYDER AT ALL.
WE DO WANT TO SAY THAT NONE OF
THESE WOMEN HAVE SPECIFICALLY
NAMED OWNER DAN SNYDER AS 4@
SOMEONE WOULD SEXUALLY HARASSED
THEM, BUT THEY ARE BLAMING HIM
FOR THE CULTURE THEY SAY HE
CREATED.
CREATED.
CREATED. THEY'RE BLAMING HIM FOR NOT
HAVING4@ ENOUGH 4@HR THERE.
AGAIN, 4@THEY SIGNED THOSE
NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS.
NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS. IT'S TOUGH WHEN YOU ARE HEARING
THESE WOMEN.
THESE WOMEN. IT'S SOMETHING THEY HAVE
OBVIOUSLY HELD ON TO FOR SO
LONG THAT NOW ALL OF THIS IS
COMING TO LIGHT, AND IT'S
COMING TO LIGHT ALL AT ONCE,
AND IT'S A LOT TO TAKE.
>> IT SURE IS.
THEY SAY THE TONE STARTS AT THE
TOP.
TOP.
TOP. SO
TOP. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS FROM
HERE, CHAR.
HERE, CHAR. WHAT OF COURSE, AS BRUCE
MENTIONED THIS HAS BEEN 4@A YOU
THE MU TULL WOWS WEEK FOR