Cowboys Paid $2.4M To Settle 2015 Cheerleaders Incident: Report

DALLAS, TX — The Dallas Cowboys paid $2.4 million in a confidential settlement after cheerleaders accused a former senior team executive of voyeurism while they were changing in their locker room in a 2015 incident, according to a report from ESPN.

Four cheerleaders accused Richard Dalrymple, the Cowboys' longtime senior vice president for public relations and communications, of pointing his cell phone camera at them from behind a partial wall in the locker while they were changing, according to documents obtained by ESPN. The cheerleaders were each paid nearly $400,000 after the incident.

Dalrymple also is accused of taking upskirt photos of Charlotte Jones Anderson, who is owner Jerry Jones' daughter and the team's executive vice president and chief brand officer, in the team's "war room" during the 2015 NFL Draft. He remained in his role with the team until he retired Feb. 2, according to the report.

Dalrymple told team officials he did not know the women were in the locker room when he went entered from a rear door and left immediately, the report said.

Dalrymple denied the accusations in a statement to ESPN, claiming "one was accidental and the other simply did not happen." He said he fully cooperated with the team when it looked into the allegations years ago.