New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton is one of two members of the Saints coaching staff named as abusers of stolen Vicodin in a lawsuit filed against the organization. The Saints and Payton have both issued statements denying the allegations.
Former Saints Security Director Withdraws Lawsuit, Case Goes To Arbitration
A week after the filing, the Saints have exercised a clause in Santini’s employment contract with the team that will send the case to arbitration rather than duking it out in civil court.
One big difference here is that sending the case to arbitration does not allow either side to publicly discuss the case.
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Sean Payton Denies Vicodin Abuse Alleged In Lawsuit Against Saints
Bizarre news out of New Orleans today, as the reigning Super Bowl champion Saints are the target of a constructive discharge (or, basically, coerced resignation) lawsuit from the team’s former head of security. At the heart of the issue is an alleged theft of a substantial amount of Vicodin from the team’s drug locker:
The Saints, predictably, are hitting back hard at the lawsuit; here’s what they told the New Orleans Times-Picayune on Friday:
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