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Gruden filed a lawsuit in 2021 against the NFL
and Commissioner Roger Goodell, alleging a “malicious and
orchestrated campaign” to destroy his career by leaking old
emails he sent that included racist, misogynistic and homophobic
comments that pressured the Raiders to fire him.
“I’m looking forward to having the truth come out and I want to
make sure what happened to me doesn’t happen to anyone else,”
Gruden said in a statement to ESPN.
Gruden resigned from the Raiders in October 2021 and sued the
league a month later.
In 2022, the NFL appealed to Nevada’s high court after a judge
in Las Vegas rejected league bids to dismiss Gruden’s claim
outright or to order out-of-court talks through an arbitration
process that could be overseen by Goodell.
The Nevada Supreme Court, in a 5-2 ruling, said that “the
arbitration clause in the NFL Constitution is unconscionable and
does not apply to Gruden as a former employee.”
Gruden was an on-air analyst at ESPN from 2011-18 when the
emails were sent.
He was the Raiders' coach when the team moved in 2020 to Las
Vegas from Oakland, California. He’s seeking monetary damages,
saying that selective disclosure of the emails and their
publication by the Wall Street Journal and New York Times ruined
his career and endorsement contracts.
Gruden coached the Raiders in Oakland from 1998 to 2001, then
led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for seven years, winning a Super
Bowl title in 2003. He spent several years as a TV analyst for
ESPN before being hired by the Raiders again in 2018.
He later consulted for the New Orleans Saints in 2023. He is now
a part-owner and consultant for the Nashville Kats, a team in
the Arena Football One league.
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