The sexual harassment lawsuit of former NFL Network employee Jami Cantor that led to the suspension of NFLN commentators Marshall Faulk, Ike Taylor and Heath Evans and ESPN analysts Donovan McNabb and Eric Davis (and led to Bill Simmons Media Group President Eric Weinberger placed on indefinite leave) also contains allegations against former NFLN analyst Warren Sapp, who was fired from the network in February 2015 after being arrested for assault and soliciting a prostitute at the Super Bowl.
Here is what he said about Sapp:
…entered the washroom while the plaintiff was preparing clothes and urinated in front of her. The applicant yelled at him to get out, but Mr. Sapp laughed and said to the applicant, “Sorry mom, but your office shouldn’t be our shit.” The plaintiff complained to the NFL, but nothing was done until the plaintiff told the NFL she would be working in the hallway. Mr. Sapp also gave the plaintiff sex toys as Christmas gifts three years in a row, showed the plaintiff nude photos of numerous women he claimed to have slept with, and openly discussed his sex life in front of the plaintiff and other NFL employees, including supervisors. .
On Wednesday, Sapp took to both Twitter and Miami Fox Sports Radio affiliate 940 WINZ to try to defend himself. This segment is not yet published in its entirety on their websitebut Greg Auman from Tampa Bay Weather Appearance of Sapp live-tweeted:
Warren Sapp, talking @940WINZ, deals with allegations of sexual harassment while on NFL Network. “I didn’t sexually harass anyone,” he said, denying Jami Kantor’s accusation.
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) December 13, 2017
Warren Sapp on @940winz admits he gave female NFL Network staffers an adult toy as a Christmas present, but said he didn’t give accuser Jami Kantor one. “It wasn’t about sex,” he says.
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) December 13, 2017
Warren Sapp says on @940winz that he did not show the accuser Jami Kantor any nude photos, maybe photos of women in bikinis but nothing else.
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) December 13, 2017
Warren Sapp says on @940winz that he has not spoken about his sex life to NFL Network. “It didn’t happen that way. No supervisor would allow you to have conversations about something inappropriate like that.”
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) December 13, 2017
Warren Sapp on @940winz says he was included in NFL Network’s sexual harassment complaint because of his past. “I’m the notorious. I’m still the bad guy. That’s why I’m here today.”
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) December 13, 2017
Warren Sapp on @940winz reiterates that he did his job at NFL Network and sexual harassment allegations against him are unfounded: “Don’t come at me without madness.”
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) December 13, 2017
Sapp then engaged with others on Twitter by tweeting pictures of the sex toys in question:
.@WarrenSapp says the vibrators he brought as gifts detailed in the NFL Network lawsuit “were not sex-related.”
— AJ Perez (@byajperez) December 13, 2017
I’m sorry I thought they were cute! pic.twitter.com/HuiO0CvkvO
— Warren Sapp (@WarrenSapp) December 13, 2017
Enough to? pic.twitter.com/ppsKA7tpZp
— Warren Sapp (@WarrenSapp) December 13, 2017
— Warren Sapp (@WarrenSapp) December 13, 2017
No advance. Was shown the product and loved! nothing to do with sex
— Warren Sapp (@WarrenSapp) December 13, 2017
Are you thinking about sex now? pic.twitter.com/P4VSljlBFW
— Warren Sapp (@WarrenSapp) December 13, 2017
Now you’re thinking of sleeping with me!? pic.twitter.com/aSFpwedUjZ
— Warren Sapp (@WarrenSapp) December 13, 2017
It’s a pretty unusual defense. Sapp is currently off the media and doesn’t seem very likely to get another media gig at this point, but his actions here seem unlikely to help that.
[Greg Auman on Twitter; photo from YouTube]
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