Overview
- A 67-page filing lays out counterclaims including defamation, civil conspiracy, tortious interference and breach of contract, with the Jets seeking damages and attorneys’ fees.
- Forensic review of Larry Fitzpatrick’s team-issued phone recovered about 4,000 recently deleted messages and screenshots that investigators say tie him and Chen to the anonymous July 10 email.
- The Jets say an unnamed former employee confessed to creating the email and implicated Fitzpatrick as a collaborator in the effort to accuse team president Hymie Elhai.
- The team’s filing also alleges additional misconduct on Fitzpatrick’s device, including explicit content, sexually charged messages to coworkers and violations of NFL gambling policy.
- Chen maintains a wrongful-termination case asserting retaliation and marital discrimination, while the Jets have initiated arbitration against both her and Fitzpatrick.