Overview
- Associate general counsel Heather McPhee filed a federal complaint on December 18 in Washington, D.C., seeking at least $10 million and naming Lloyd Howell Jr., Tom DePaso, Matt Curtin, the NFLPA, and NFL Players Inc.
- McPhee alleges she was placed on paid leave on August 14 to block her testimony before a federal grand jury after she agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, with workplace complaints cited as the stated reason.
- Her suit claims union leaders concealed a January 2025 collusion-grievance ruling and signed a confidentiality agreement with the NFL that kept players from using the findings during free agency.
- She says her November 2024 objections to a OneTeam Partners executive incentive plan raised conflict-of-interest concerns and helped trigger an FBI inquiry into the NFLPA, the MLBPA, and OneTeam Partners.
- The complaint asserts obstruction of justice, sex discrimination, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and breach of contract, and an NFLPA spokesperson said the union is reviewing the filing with no further comment.