Dan Ventrelle fired as Las Vegas Raiders president, alleges proprietor Mark Davis ignored complaints of a hostile work surroundings

May 8, 2022

Davis did not present a motive for the termination within the assertion, which was posted on the NFL staff’s Twitter account.

“Dan Ventrelle is not with the Raiders group,” Davis stated within the assertion. “We may have no additional remark at the moment.”

Nonetheless, in a press release despatched by way of textual content message to the Las Vegas Evaluation-Journal Friday afternoon, Ventrelle stated he was fired as retaliation for informing the league of alleged complaints claiming Davis created a hostile work surroundings in addition to different potential misconduct, which he says Davis dismissed.

“I’ve dedicated nearly 18 years of my life to the success of the Raiders as Normal Counsel and President. I take that duty very severely, which is why a number of written complaints from staff that Mark created a hostile work surroundings and engaged in different potential misconduct brought on me grave concern,” Ventrelle informed the Evaluation-Journal.

When confronted concerning the points, Davis was “dismissive didn’t reveal the warranted stage of concern,” Ventrelle stated.

“Given this, I knowledgeable the NFL of those points and of Mark’s unacceptable response. Quickly thereafter, I used to be fired in retaliation for elevating these issues,” he stated, noting that he stands by his choice.

“I stay dedicated to doing the whole lot in my energy to help the Raiders and the Las Vegas neighborhood I now name dwelling,” Ventrelle stated, including he has “retained counsel and may have no additional remark at the moment.”

When requested by the Evaluation-Journal about Ventrelle’s allegations, Davis stated he was conscious of them and would not remark.

“The one factor I need made clear is that Dan Ventrelle was by no means president of the Raiders. He has at all times been the interim president,” Davis informed the Evaluation-Journal.

“The interim was at all times a short lived designation to find out whether or not he can be the (full-time) president or not. I need that clear — he’s not the president of the Las Vegas Raiders. By no means was. I believe there is a false impression about that,” Davis added.

Neither Ventrelle nor the Raiders group has responded to CNN’s request for remark.

The NFL stated it was conscious of the allegations and would evaluation them.

“We lately grew to become conscious of those allegations and take them very severely,” NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy stated in a press release to CNN Saturday. “We’ll promptly look into the matter.”

CNN couldn’t independently affirm what led as much as Ventrelle being fired and has reached out to the NFL for additional remark.

Ventrelle, 46, was named the Raiders president earlier than the 2021 season. He joined the group in 2003 and was the manager vice chairman and normal counsel earlier than his promotion final yr.

Inside the previous yr, former Raiders head coach Jon Gruden resigned after studies emerged of him utilizing homophobic, racist and misogynistic language in emails whereas he labored as an ESPN analyst. He apologized, saying he “by no means meant to harm anybody.”

CNN’s Wayne Sterling contributed to the report.