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>> EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 6:00
STARTS NOW.
>> ACCUSED OF USING A RACIAL
SLUR, AND HE ADMITS HE DID IT.
AND NOW THE COLTS ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT BOB LAMEY RETIRED BECAUSE
OF IT.
>> TONIGHT WE'RE GETTING A NEW
RESPONSE FROM THE COLTS AND
COLTS PLAYERS AFTER 13
INVESTIGATES BROKE THE STORY OF
THESE ALLEGATIONS LAST NIGHT.
>> JENNIE RUNEVITCH JOINS US
WITH A MAJOR CHANGE IN WHY BOB
LAMEY RETIRED.
>> ANNE AND JOHN, AT FIRST WE
DIDN'T KNOW WHY HE RETIRED AS
PLAY BY PLAY ANNOUNCER.
IT WAS SUDDEN ON SUNDAY.
AND THE COLTS GAVE NO REASON,
JUST FANFARE FOR LAMEY'S CAREER
AND CHARACTER.
AFTER 13 INVESTIGATES DID SOME
DIGGING, SHARED A WITNESS
INTERVIEW AND ASKED FOR
COMMENTS, WE LEARNED HE RETIRED
DIRECTLY AFTER ADMITTING HE SAID
THE "N" WORD.
>> HE SAID THE "N" WORD, YEAH.
YOU THOUGHT IT WAS OKAY TO USE
THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE AT WORK.
>> IT'S THE RACIAL SLUR THAT
SUDDENLY ENDED A STORIED CAREER.
LONG-TIME VOICE OF THE COLTS,
BOB LAMEY.
13 INVESTIGATES SPOKE
EXCLUSIVELY WITH A RADIO
EMPLOYEE WHO SAYS SHE WITNESSED
LAMEY USE THE "N" WORD WHILE
RETELLING A STORY AT COLTS CAMP.
>> HE SAID, HEY, ARE THE MICS
OFF, I SAID, FINE, GO AHEAD.
ONCE HE SAW MY FACE AND RELEASED
HE HAD MESSED UP, HE STARTED
REALLY PROFUSELY APOLOGIZING
SAYING PLEA DON'T TELL ANYBODY.
>> SHE DID SPEAK UP, REPORTED IT
TO EMMIS COMMUNICATION WHO TOLD
THE COLTS.
>> I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE, AND I
KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO HOLD
IT IN AND TO NOT SAY ANYTHING,
TO LET IT GO.
AND TO SEE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THAT
SORT OF BEHAVIOR GO ON AND IT'S
IGNORED.
>> THROUGH HIS ATTORNEY LAST
NIGHT, LAMEY ADMITTED TO USING
THE DEROGATORY TERM.
ADMITS LAMEY DIDN'T RETIRE ON
HIS OWN TERMS.
THAT HE MADE A SERIOUS MISTAKE
AND PROMPTLY RETIRED.
THE COLTS SAYING THEY DO NOT
TOLERATE THE USE OF ANY RACIAL
SLUR.
>> OBVIOUSLY FOLKS ARE WAKING UP
AND HEARING THE WTHR STORY ON
BOB LAMEY.
>> DISAPPOINTMENT IN LAMEY TODAY
AMONG ATHLETES, FANS, AND
COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING THE HOST
OF THE RADIO SHOW LAMEY WAS ON
RIGHT BEFORE SAYING THE "N" WORD
OFF AIR.
>> FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I, YOU
KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS LOVED AND
RESPECTED BOB.
BUT IT'S DISTURB CANNOT DO IT,
YOU CANNOT SAY IT.
OPEN MIC, CLOSED MIC, BEHIND
CLOSED DOORS, PRIVATE
CONVERSATION, WHATEVER IT MAY
BE.
>> PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES.
BUT IT IS WRONG ON ALL LEVELS.
WE TRYING TO BREAK BARRIERS, IT
TAKES ALL OF US, YOU KNOW.
EVERYBODY IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
I KNOW HE'S REGRETTING WHAT HE
SAID, HEY AT THE END OF THE DAY,
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
>> I'VE KNOWN BOB MY ENTIRE
CAREER, I'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT
INTERACTIONS WITH HIM.
BUT, WHEN YOU HAVE THE HORSESHOE
ON, YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE COLTS
AND YOU'RE HELD TO THAT
STANDARD.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED
COMPLETELY.
>> AND THE WITNESS WE
INTERVIEWED AGREED, SHE SAYS SHE
CAME FORWARD BECAUSE SHE SAID
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT USING
THE "N" WORD IS NOT OKAY EVER IN
ANY CONTEXT.
AND, SHE SAYS IT SHOULDN'T BE
IGNORED OR COVERED UP.
OF COURSE, AS THIS STORY HAS
DEVELOPED THROUGH 13
INVESTIGATES, A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE ALSO SAYING THIS IS A VERY
SAD WAY FOR THAT STORIED CAREER
TO END.
>> BOY, IT SURE IS.
AFTER SO MANY YEARS IN THE
MEDIA, AND WITH THE COLTS, IT'S
UNFORTUNATE.
>> IT IS.
>> THANKS, JENNIE.
>> THIS HAPPENED QUICKLY.
THE ALLEGED INCIDENT HAPPENED ON
TUESDAY.
THE RADIO EMPLOYEE SAYS SHE
REPORTED IT TO HR ON WEDNESDAY.
THEY FOLLOWED UP SEEKING
CLARIFICATION ON FRIDAY.
SOURCES TELL US THE COLTS THEN
MET WITH LAMEY THE NEXT DAY, AND
THE DAY AFTER THAT, SUNDAY, WAS
THE DAY HE ANNOUNCED HIS
RETIREMENT.
>> A NEW RESPONSE WHO FOUND
HIMSELF IN THE SAME SITUATION AS
LAMEY'S.
JOHN SCHNATTER FORCED OUT WHEN
REPORTS SURFACED THAT HE USED
THE SAME SLUR DURING A
CONFERENCE CALL WHILE TELLING A
STORY.
TODAY, HE TOOK OUT A FULL PAGE
AD IN A LOUISVILLE NEWSPAPER.
IN THE KOURIER JOURNAL, HE SAID
HE MISSED THEM MORE THAN WORDS
COULD EXPRESS.
>> HE WENT ON TO SAY PLEASE KNOW
THAT IN EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY
DAY, YOU ALL ARE IN MY THOUGHTS
AND PRAYERS AND CLARIFIED THAT
HE DOES NOT WANT HIS LIKENESS,
OR IMAGE REMOVED FROM THE
BUILDING.
IT ENDS WITH A LINK TO
SAVEPAPAJOHNS.COM.
THAT LINKS THE NEWS COVERAGE
THAT SCHNATTER APPROVED, AND TO