Overview

• Former vice president Elaine Chen filed a lawsuit alleging she and her husband, ex–ticket sales VP Larry Fitzpatrick, were fired in retaliation after misconduct claims surfaced against team president Hymie Elhai.
• The Jets say the accusations were investigated and found baseless, and the organization plans to file defamation and libel countersuits against Chen and Fitzpatrick.
• According to the team’s statement, the former employee who sent the initial email recanted during the investigation and said they worked with Fitzpatrick to facilitate the message.
• The Jets allege Chen participated in a fabricated narrative and deleted communications, with one report citing a claim that Fitzpatrick erased more than 4,000 text messages.
• Chen’s complaint asserts the club focused on unmasking the email’s source rather than the allegations and targeted employees who supported scrutiny of Elhai, including interrogating Fitzpatrick before firing him.