Favre attorneys: Brett shouldn't have to respond to claims that he's a perv
NEW YORK (AP) Brett Favre shouldn't have to respond to some embarrassing claims about his personal life that two massage therapists are making in a lawsuit, his lawyers say.
The massage therapists say the New York Jets blacklisted them after they objected to suggestive messages the legendary quarterback allegedly sent to another woman. Among other things, they asked him to admit or deny he solicited women for sex trysts and sent explicit photos to a former Jets game hostess. The request was part of a procedural step in their 2011 lawsuit.
Favre's attorneys filed papers this week asking a court to say he doesn't have to answer. They say some of the requests are irrelevant and inappropriate, including a bid to get him to acknowledge that a lewd photo that appeared on a sports gossip website depicts his own anatomy.
``These requests clearly have absolutely nothing to do with this lawsuit and have been included only to harass and embarrass,'' attorney Sharon H. Stern and other Favre lawyers wrote. .................(more)
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