[h=1]NFL player accused of rape back on the field day after victim files police report: attorney[/h] [h=2]Attorney Gloria Allred told the Daily News her office personally hand-delivered a letter to the office of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell about the Sept. 20 rape and the team’s decision to let the accused athlete play last Sunday.[/h]
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David Buchan/Getty Images High-octane attorney Gloria Allred (pictured) laid out some of the details in a Friday letter hand-delivered NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's office, asking if the league knew the rape suspect was allowed to take the field on Sunday.
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Allegations about the NFL’s next potential scandal are the most explosive yet: A player accused of rape on a Saturday — and permitted to play barely 24 hours later.
High-octane attorney Gloria Allred laid out some of the details in a Friday letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, asking if the league knew the rape suspect was allowed to take the field on Sunday.
“We represent a young woman who made a police report last Saturday alleging that an NFL player on an NFL team had raped her that morning,” Allred said in a press release.
“Thereafter, the accused was then allowed by his team to play the next day.”
Allred told the Daily News that she personally hand-delivered the letter to the NFL’s Park Ave. offices, an apparent shot at the league’s claim that it never received a mailed security video in the Ray Rice assault on his then fiancée.
The official who claimed to have sent the DVD insisted that he addressed the package to NFL security chief Jeffrey Miller.
Allred, who provided no information about her client, said she was assured the letter “would be taken upstairs to (Goodell’s) office and delivered to the commissioner immediately.”
The lawyer declined to identify the player or the team involved — or to say anything about the specifics of her missive to the commissioner.
“Because the criminal investigation is pending and because we want to protect the privacy of our client, we have no comment on the name of the team or the name of the NFL player,” Allred told The News.
Since the attorney specified the player was on the field last Sunday, that would rule out players on the Jets and Bears, who played last Monday, and the Falcons and Bucs, who played Sept. 18.
The NFL Players Association did not immediately return a request for comment.
The attorney says she asked Goodell for a response to her allegations by Monday — meaning the player could suit up again this Sunday.
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Susan Watts/New York Daily News The attorney says she asked Goodell (pictured) for a response to her allegations by Monday — meaning the player could suit up again this Sunday.
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The NFL is already under fire for mishandling the child abuse case involving one-time MVP Adrian Peterson and the domestic violence attack by ex-Baltimore Ravens star Rice.
Critics also blasted the league for allowing convicted domestic abuser Greg Hardy of the Carolina Panthers and domestic violence suspect Ray McDonald of the San Francisco 49ers to play despite their arrests.
Hardy, who is appealing his conviction, was subsequently deactivated as the furor against him grew. The Niners say they believed McDonald’s version of what happened on Aug. 31, and he has continued to play.
The alleged rape victim represented by Allred went to police just hours after the attack occurred. The attorney says the player — accompanied by a team representative — met later with cops, too.
“We have asked the NFL whether or not this alleged rape was reported to them and if they approved this accused individual’s playing in the game notwithstanding the allegations that had been made against him,” Allred said in the press release.
The NFL said the Allred letter was the first they had heard of the charges involving the so-far anonymous player.
“We have no information on this alleged incident other than her letter,” said league spokesman Greg Aiello.
Allred has represented clients crying foul against some of the biggest names in sports, including Tiger Woods and Floyd Mayweather.
Last week she held a news conference where she highlighted the league's response to allegations that Bears receiver Brandon Marshall had battered his girlfriend in 2006.
Marshall was acquitted in 2009.
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Allegations about the NFL’s next potential scandal are the most explosive yet: A player accused of rape on a Saturday — and permitted to play barely 24 hours later.
High-octane attorney Gloria Allred laid out some of the details in a Friday letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, asking if the league knew the rape suspect was allowed to take the field on Sunday.
“We represent a young woman who made a police report last Saturday alleging that an NFL player on an NFL team had raped her that morning,” Allred said in a press release.
“Thereafter, the accused was then allowed by his team to play the next day.”
Allred told the Daily News that she personally hand-delivered the letter to the NFL’s Park Ave. offices, an apparent shot at the league’s claim that it never received a mailed security video in the Ray Rice assault on his then fiancée.
The official who claimed to have sent the DVD insisted that he addressed the package to NFL security chief Jeffrey Miller.
Allred, who provided no information about her client, said she was assured the letter “would be taken upstairs to (Goodell’s) office and delivered to the commissioner immediately.”
The lawyer declined to identify the player or the team involved — or to say anything about the specifics of her missive to the commissioner.
“Because the criminal investigation is pending and because we want to protect the privacy of our client, we have no comment on the name of the team or the name of the NFL player,” Allred told The News.
Since the attorney specified the player was on the field last Sunday, that would rule out players on the Jets and Bears, who played last Monday, and the Falcons and Bucs, who played Sept. 18.
The NFL Players Association did not immediately return a request for comment.
The attorney says she asked Goodell for a response to her allegations by Monday — meaning the player could suit up again this Sunday.
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The NFL is already under fire for mishandling the child abuse case involving one-time MVP Adrian Peterson and the domestic violence attack by ex-Baltimore Ravens star Rice.
Critics also blasted the league for allowing convicted domestic abuser Greg Hardy of the Carolina Panthers and domestic violence suspect Ray McDonald of the San Francisco 49ers to play despite their arrests.
Hardy, who is appealing his conviction, was subsequently deactivated as the furor against him grew. The Niners say they believed McDonald’s version of what happened on Aug. 31, and he has continued to play.
The alleged rape victim represented by Allred went to police just hours after the attack occurred. The attorney says the player — accompanied by a team representative — met later with cops, too.
“We have asked the NFL whether or not this alleged rape was reported to them and if they approved this accused individual’s playing in the game notwithstanding the allegations that had been made against him,” Allred said in the press release.
The NFL said the Allred letter was the first they had heard of the charges involving the so-far anonymous player.
“We have no information on this alleged incident other than her letter,” said league spokesman Greg Aiello.
Allred has represented clients crying foul against some of the biggest names in sports, including Tiger Woods and Floyd Mayweather.
Last week she held a news conference where she highlighted the league's response to allegations that Bears receiver Brandon Marshall had battered his girlfriend in 2006.
Marshall was acquitted in 2009.
