Overview

• Former Jets vice president Elaine Chen filed a lawsuit alleging she was fired for supporting internal sexual-misconduct allegations against team president Hymie Elhai.
• Chen’s complaint says an anonymous email sent in July accused Elhai of inappropriate text messages to female employees and other misconduct.
• The Jets call the allegations baseless and say their investigation involved third-party steps and focused on the authenticity of the email.
• Team statements allege a coordinated fabrication involving Chen and her husband, ex–VP Larry Fitzpatrick, and claim Fitzpatrick deleted more than 4,000 texts during the probe.
• The Jets say a former employee admitted the email’s claims were false and worked with Fitzpatrick, and the organization plans defamation and libel actions as the dispute moves to court.