An incident involving the Dallas Cowboys and their cheerleaders has been settled with a $2.4 million payment to four members of the cheerleading squad. The dispute arose when the cheerleaders accused higher-ups in the organization of secretly recording them in the locker rooms of the AT&T Stadium, as reported by ESPN.
According to a report released recently, one of the cheerleaders accused Richard Dalrymple, the senior vice president for public relations and communications, of videotaping the squad while they were changing. This purported event took place in the locker room of the Cowboys’ stadium after an event in 2015.
Dalrymple has refuted these accusations. He claims that he was unaware the cheerleaders were using the changing facilities when he accessed them using his security keycard through a rear entrance. Additionally, he is alleged to have taken inappropriate photos of Charlotte Jones Anderson, a senior team executive and daughter of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, also in 2015.
ESPN notes that Dalrymple received a warning in October 2015, although the specific reasons for this censure were not disclosed. Despite this, he remained employed by the Cowboys for an additional six years. An internal investigation conducted by the organization failed to find any substantiating evidence supporting the allegations made against Dalrymple.
Throughout ESPN’s investigation, the four cheerleaders involved in the dispute either chose not to comment or did not respond to interview requests. It is known that as part of resolving the issue, the women signed a non-disclosure agreement.
