Brett Favre Being Sued By Two Women Days After $50,000 NFL Fine

Scavo alleges Favre made unwelcome advances and that the team cut ties with her after she complained. She also alleges Favre refused to apologize to her husband once he found out she was married, which I do not believe is illegal, though I am not a lawyer.

The part that seems most lawsuit-relevant:

As was expected, Brett Favre was fined by the NFL on Wednesday -- but not suspended -- for his involvement in the case with Jenn Sterger during his time with the New York Jets.

The fine of $50,000 -- which Darren Rovell points out is equal to roughly four-and-a-half minutes of game play for Favre -- is not for violating the league’s personal-conduct policies though. Instead, Favre is being fined because he didn’t cooperate with the NFL’s investigation into whether or not he sexually harassed Sterger.

The Vikings season ends next week, anyway, so if he were suspended, that would likely end his career.

Favre has said repeatedly that he plans to retire at the end of the year. If he can’t return next week, then our final memories of him will be getting fined by the league and laying on the turf as he was knocked out of the game in Week 15. Not the way most of us thought he would go out.

Sterger’s representatives feel that the only way to have her name cleared is if Favre is shown to have violated the league’s Personal Conduct Policy stemming from his interactions with her. Sterger has also said that she would not pursue a case based on sexual harassment or a violation of the NFL’s personal conduct policy if Goodell were to discipline Favre and implement a league-wide sexual harassment policy.

Goodell is expected to make a decision on the matter before the season ends. That is an important date, because Favre has already said he intends to retire. If this goes past the end of the season, then there is no punishment that the NFL can place upon a retired Favre.

Phil Reese, the manager for Jenn Sterger, the former New York Jets game emcee who allegedly received inappropriate text messages and photos from Brett Favre, on Tuesday claimed that Favre’s agent had contacted him asking whether Reese would accept hush money.

Bus Cook, the agent for Favre, countered that representatives for Sterger had, in fact, contacted him seeking payment. Cook maintains that Sterger’s motivations in the scandal remain financially related.