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The video of Michael Irvin and his sexual misconduct accuser was lastly launched Tuesday … and the footage reveals the ex-NFL star had a reasonably prolonged dialog with the lady — touching her twice on the elbow — earlier than leaving.
Irvin’s legal professional, Levi McCathern, shared a replica of the Marriott vid at a information convention with reporters … after acquiring the clip following a weekslong authorized battle with the resort chain over it.
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In the video, which was captured on the Phoenix, Ariz. institution on Feb. 5, you possibly can see Irvin and the resort worker initially started speaking proper on the entrance of the bar space, shaking arms — earlier than shifting a number of ft away into the foyer.
Irvin and the lady might be seen within the footage chatting for over a minute. Twice throughout their interplay, Irvin touches the lady’s elbow. A short while later, the 2 shake arms, after which the lady walks away. The complete interplay appeared unremarkable.
Irvin can then be seen within the video showing to slap himself on the cheek thrice. He then walks over to take a selfie with a person that McCathern believes is an worker of the resort. Following the image, Irvin walks out of the digital camera’s view.
In court docket paperwork filed final week, Marriott claims the lady mentioned that through the dialog with Irvin, the previous soccer participant requested her “whether she knew anything about having a ‘big Black man inside of [her].'”
After the video was proven, Irvin denied making any such remark — saying, “I don’t speak like that. I’ve never spoken like that. I totally deny saying that.”
He added that their convo was merely about soccer and the TV reveals that he is on.
“We used to say in football, ‘The eye in the sky don’t tell no lie,'” he mentioned. “It’s just the truth.”
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McCathern, in the meantime, mentioned he believes the video reveals Irvin’s accuser was “happy as a lark” throughout their dialog. He speculated that one other worker within the space could have been upset along with her for speaking with Irvin whereas on the job.
“There’s no doubt from watching this, this woman is not offended,” McCathern mentioned. “This is not a sexual assault. This isn’t sexual harassment. This isn’t sexual misconduct.”
McCathern refiled his $100 million lawsuit towards Marriott and others concerned within the allegations towards Irvin in Arizona on Tuesday morning … after he mentioned he needed to ensure he was suing “the right people.”
The case stays ongoing.