Here’s one that has slipped through the cracks over the weekend, primarily because the guy who reported it has been systematically marginalized by his employer over the past couple of years.
According to ESPN’s John Clayton, a decision in the Brett Favre investigation could come within a week.
Clayton also reports that Sterger last week gave the league “the final visual evidence,” whatever that means. Clayton says that Favre is expected to be re-interviewed this week.
Though the obvious question is whether Favre sent lewd photos to Sterger, the question of whether the communications were welcome by Sterger becomes just as important, given that the potential violation of the Personal Conduct Policy arises from the possibility that Favre exposed a coworker to sexual harassment. The alleged conduct occurred in 2008, when Favre played for the Jets and when Sterger worked for the team as an in-house sideline reporter.
Favre previously admitted leaving voice messages for Sterger, but he denied (or at a minimum did not admit) sending the photos. A forensics expert has been hired to trace the electronic footprints created by photos of a body part that leaves an entirely different mark in the sand. If Favre ultimately is faced with clear evidence that he sent the photos and if he previously denied it, it could be awkward at best for him to say, “Yeah, I sent them. But she was into it.”
