Donovan McNabb Sent Sexually Explicit Texts To Coworker: Lawsuit

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Donovan McNabb was among several current and former NFL Network workers — including Marshall Faulk — who sent inappropriate and sexually explicit texts to a colleague, according to a sexual misconduct lawsuit filed in California. ESPN, where McNabb now works, on Tuesday said it is investigating the allegations and said he would not appear on its networks in the meantime.

Faulk, Heath Evans and Ike Taylor were all suspended. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy on Tuesday identified the three and said they were "suspended from their duties at NFL Network pending an investigation into these allegations."

Former wardrobe stylist Jami Cantor detailed several sexually inappropriate encounters with the retired NFL players and others who have worked for the NFL Network, according to court documents first reported by Bloomberg.

Former NFL Network executive Eric Weinberger and McNabb, a former NFL Network analyst, were among those named in the suit. Weinberger is now president of sports commentator Bill Simmons’s media group. He reportedly was placed on leave. McNabb and Davis now work as ESPN radio contributors.

McNabb played for the Eagles for 11 seasons and another two with the Minnesota Vikings and Washington Redskins. He threw for more than 37,000 yards in his career and went to the Pro Bowl six times before retiring in 2011.

Faulk began his Hall of Fame career, playing five years with the Indianapolis Colts before playing another seven seasons with the St. Louis Rams. He rushed for more than 12,000 yards and won MVP in 2000, the same year the team won a Super Bowl. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2011.

Cantor worked at the NFL Network for a decade until she was fired in October 2016. In the suit against NFL Enterprises, she alleged age and gender discrimination, sexual harassment that created a hostile work environment, wrongful termination and defamation.

"The supervisors knew about it, the supervisors observed it," Cantor's lawyer, Laura Horton, told The New York Times on Monday. "It was insidious in this particular environment."

Cantor filed an amended complaint Monday to the original suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court in October.

Canter said in the suit that Faulk fondled and groped her and asked "deeply personal and invasive questions" about her sex life. Cantor said she received inappropriate and sexually explicit texts from Weinberger, McNabb, Taylor and Evans.

"We are investigating, and McNabb and Davis will not appear on our networks as that investigation proceeds," ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said Tuesday.

Taylor spent 12 seasons as a cornerback with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Evans, a fullback, was in the league for 10 seasons, mostly with Seattle, New England and New Orleans.

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