Judge Orders Hotel Must Turn Over Video Of Alleged Michael Irvin Misconduct Incident

Michael Irvin simply scored a win in court docket … a decide has ordered that an Arizona lodge now should flip over any video it has of an interplay the Hall of Famer had with a girl that in the end led to his elimination from NFL Network’s Super Bowl protection final week.

Irvin’s lawyer Levi McCathern had requested the footage from the Phoenix Marriott in a movement filed on Thursday morning, believing it would assist exonerate the NFL legend, who had been accused of wrongdoing whereas he was in Arizona to report on SB LVII for the league’s TV station.

On Thursday afternoon, a decide granted the movement … saying the clips have to be despatched to Irvin by Feb. 20.

The decide additionally ordered that the lodge should present the identify of Irvin’s accuser … in addition to anybody else who could have filed a grievance in opposition to the previous soccer participant. In the order, the decide additionally dominated the lodge should reveal the names of the NFL workers who acquired the complaints.

In the movement, Irvin’s lawyer made it clear he believes all of it would assist present the ex-Dallas Cowboys extensive receiver did nothing flawed when he interacted with a feminine lodge employee on Feb. 5.

According to the docs, Irvin solely met the girl after she had known as him over within the lodge foyer to introduce herself … and “eyewitnesses described the interaction as ‘jovial’ and completely harmless.” Irvin’s lawyer wrote within the movement that the interplay lasted lower than a minute, and Michael then went to his room alone and fell asleep.

Irvin was pulled from the NFLN’s SB LVII protection on Feb. 7 after they’d apparently acquired complaints from the girl over the meetup.

Irvin finally sued Marriott and his accuser, ID’ed solely as Jane Doe, for defamation … claiming he had accomplished nothing flawed.