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Michael Irvin Files $100 MILLION Lawsuit Against Misconduct Accuser That Caused Him To Lose Super Bowl LVII Gig

<p><strong>Michael Irvin<&sol;strong> has filed a scathing &dollar;100 million lawsuit against the woman who accused him of misconduct&comma; leading to his removal from Super Bowl LVII commentating duties&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The NFL legend said he&&num;8217&semi;s being &&num;8220&semi;railroaded&&num;8221&semi; with false accusations that are ruining his career&comma; according to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2023&sol;02&sol;09&sol;michael-irvin-files-lawsuit-against-misconduct-accuser-renaissance-hotel-railroaded&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em><strong>TMZ Sports<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Irvin Files Scathing &dollar;100M Lawsuit Against Hotel For Turning Him Into The Next Victim Of &&num;8220&semi;Cancel Culture&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The lawsuit was filed Thursday afternoon&comma; shortly after Irvin says the Renaissance Hotel &lpar;where he had been staying&rpar; devised a plan to turn him into the next victim of &&num;8220&semi;cancel culture&comma;&&num;8221&semi; over something he claims never even happened&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Rash and thoughtless actions can have severe consequences&period; Marriott &lbrack;parent company of Renaissance Hotels&rsqb; apparently did not appreciate these simple truths when&comma; in a rush to judgment&comma; its employees and management inaccurately and inflammatorily accused Mr&period; Irvin of misconduct to the National Football League&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the lawsuit reads&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The Hall of Famer&&num;8217&semi;s attorney tells TMZ that Michael &&num;8220&semi;looks forward to clearing his name&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;111405" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-111405" style&equals;"width&colon; 1140px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-111405" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;02&sol;GettyImages-1414257686-scaled&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1140" height&equals;"760" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-111405" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Hall of Fame wide receiver Michael Irvin celebrates with fans as he is introduced prior to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement on August 06&comma; 2022 in Canton&comma; Ohio&period; &lpar;Photo by Nick Cammett&sol;Diamond Images via Getty Images&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;it is clear Michael is the latest victim of our cancel culture where all it takes is an accusation to ruin a person’s life&period; Michael looks forward to clearing his name in court and hopes the Court of public opinion will see the truth come out as well&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Lawsuit Alleges Hotel Manager Reported The Alleged Incident To NFL To &&num;8220&semi;Damage&&num;8230&semi; And Cancel&&num;8221&semi; Him<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">According to the lawsuit&comma; witnesses actually supported Irvin&&num;8217&semi;s initial claim that he only &&num;8220&semi;casually exchanged pleasantries&&num;8221&semi; with the employee &lpar;&&num;8220&semi;Jane Doe&&num;8221&semi;&rpar;&comma; &&num;8220&semi;shook her hand&comma; and went to his room alone&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Once the 56-year-old and his team became aware of the accusations&comma; they provided several witness accounts to the hotel in an effort to resolve any misunderstanding&period; However&comma; they say the hotel refused to listen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The lawsuit goes on to accuse the hotel manager of reporting the alleged incident to the NFL &&num;8220&semi;with the intention of damaging that relationship and canceling &lbrack;Irvin&rsqb;&comma;&&num;8221&semi; which ultimately ended up happening&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Levi McCathern&comma; Michael&&num;8217&semi;s attorney&comma; says his client&&num;8217&semi;s name and reputation have not only been damaged&comma; but the accusation has caused him to also lost out on money due to the false allegations&period; Now&comma; Irvin is seeking in excess of &dollar;100&comma;000&comma;000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;111382" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-111382" style&equals;"width&colon; 1024px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-111382" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;02&sol;GettyImages-1415939854&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"683" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-111382" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Michael Irvin attends the 2022 Harold and Carole Pump Foundation Gala at The Beverly Hilton on August 19&comma; 2022 in Beverly Hills&comma; California&period; &lpar;Photo by Rodin Eckenroth&sol;Getty Images&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Irvin&&num;8217&semi;s Version Of The Events&colon; Some Backstory About The &&num;8220&semi;Misunderstanding&&num;8221&semi; He Stands Accused Of<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;michael-irvin-pulled-from-super-bowl-following-womans-unspecified-complaint-nfl-legend-denies-any-wrongdoing&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em><strong>The Shade Room<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;a> reported on Wednesday&comma; Irvin immediately relayed his side of the story during an interview with &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Shan &amp&semi; RJ” on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;audacy&period;com&sol;1053thefan&sol;podcasts&sol;shan-and-rj-734&sol;michael-irvin-previews-the-super-bowl-1554140963" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>105&period;3 the Fan<&sol;strong><&sol;a> in Dallas on Wednesday morning&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Sunday night … when I came into the hotel&comma; they asked what I did and I said&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;I just went straight to the room&comma;’” Irvin said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But I guess I had met somebody in the lobby&period; Talked to somebody in the lobby for about a minute and then I went to my room&period; And then after I got up there&comma; they said they had to move me in the hotel&period; I said&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Move me in the hotel for what&quest;’”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>He continued&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;so they moved my hotel&comma; and I said&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;What’s going on&comma; guys&quest; What’s happening&quest; Why are are we moving hotels&quest;’”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They said&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Well&comma; last night you walked in&comma; you talked to somebody&period;’ I said&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;I didn’t talk to anybody&period; I went straight to the room&period;’ And then they showed it on camera that I did talk to somebody&period; I talked to this girl for about a minute&period; I don’t know what — they didn’t show it to me&period; They told it to me&period; I didn’t see it&period; But that’s why they moved me&comma; because I guess the girl said I said <em>something<&sol;em> to her within that minute that we talked&comma; and so they moved me&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<section id&equals;"cb-0e9c9f7441742c9abfcf9a550562ca64" class&equals;"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default " data-context&equals;"&lbrace;&quot&semi;section&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;permalink&quot&semi;&comma;&quot&semi;name&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;text&lowbar;block&quot&semi;&rcub;">Irvin&comma; 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