Former Dallas Cowboys star and Hall of Famer Michael Irvin settled his defamation lawsuit against Marriott and officially returned to the NFL Network on Sunday morning, just in time to kick off the 2023 season.
Irvin had filed a $100 million lawsuit against Marriott and six others for defamation and tortious interference in a business relationship after a female employee accused him of making lewd and inappropriate comments in a hotel lobby in Arizona in February. He was pulled from the NFL Network's Super Bowl coverage in the wake of the incident, and had not been on since.
Irvin and Marriott have since settled that lawsuit, The Dallas Morning News reported on Sunday morning. Terms of the settlement are not known.
Irvin was accused of misconduct by an employee of the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel ahead of the Super Bowl earlier this year. Specifics of the allegations weren’t clear right away. In a legal motion, Marriott said that Irvin flagged down the hotel employee, “appeared to be visibly intoxicated” and began “aggressive” behavior toward her after returning to the hotel from a dinner that night.
Video of the encounter with the female employee was released in March, though Marriott tried to prevent its release. Irvin was seen shaking hands with the woman, he touched her arm twice, and then the two parted ways after a roughly two-minute encounter.
Irvin has denied the allegations against him at every turn, and said he was “baffled” by it all. He told The Dallas Morning News that he had been drinking earlier that night at dinner and didn’t remember the details of the conversation.
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Irvin had filed a $100 million lawsuit against Marriott and six others for defamation and tortious interference in a business relationship after a female employee accused him of making lewd and inappropriate comments in a hotel lobby in Arizona in February. He was pulled from the NFL Network's Super Bowl coverage in the wake of the incident, and had not been on since.
Irvin and Marriott have since settled that lawsuit, The Dallas Morning News reported on Sunday morning. Terms of the settlement are not known.
Irvin was accused of misconduct by an employee of the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel ahead of the Super Bowl earlier this year. Specifics of the allegations weren’t clear right away. In a legal motion, Marriott said that Irvin flagged down the hotel employee, “appeared to be visibly intoxicated” and began “aggressive” behavior toward her after returning to the hotel from a dinner that night.
Video of the encounter with the female employee was released in March, though Marriott tried to prevent its release. Irvin was seen shaking hands with the woman, he touched her arm twice, and then the two parted ways after a roughly two-minute encounter.
Irvin has denied the allegations against him at every turn, and said he was “baffled” by it all. He told The Dallas Morning News that he had been drinking earlier that night at dinner and didn’t remember the details of the conversation.
Michael Irvin returns to NFL Network, settles $100 million lawsuit with Marriott after misconduct allegations
Michael Irvin was pulled from the NFL Network’s Super Bowl coverage earlier this year after a Marriott hotel employee accused him of misconduct.
