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NFL adds all-pro lawyer to inquiry into Patriots
BostonHerald.com ^ | Jan. 24, 2015 | Owen Boss

Posted on 01/23/2015 9:26:48 PM PST by Colofornian

The NFL is upping the stakes in its probe of the New England Patriots and unleashing one of the country’s top lawyers and a high-powered investigative firm to uncover the truth behind a scandal that has cast a dark cloud over the team as they prepare for the Super Bowl.

League officials broke their silence on the Deflategate scandal yesterday, announcing that high-powered white-collar crime lawyer Ted Wells will join NFL Executive Vice President Jeff Pash on the investigation into whether the Pats knowingly used under-inflated footballs in the American Football Conference championship game.

“He is one of the premier lawyers in the United States, he has great credibility, he’s well-known in the field and his reputation is stellar,” said Larry Krantz of the New York law firm Krantz & Berman when asked about Wells. “He’s a very serious lawyer, his integrity is beyond reproach and this is certainly an indication that (the NFL) is taking the investigation very seriously.”

The high-powered investigative firm Renaissance Associates also will be reviewing “electronic and video information” that could reveal whether team personnel let the air out of the balls after they were inspected by the referees, the NFL said.

Wells, who the league tapped to lead an investigation into bullying in the Miami Dolphins locker room in 2013, was named one of “The Decade’s Most Influential Lawyers” in 2010 by the National Law Journal. He famously — and successfully — defended former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer against federal charges he hid payments to a prostitution ring.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: cheating; deflategate; patriots; tombrady
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The NFL is upping the stakes in its probe of the New England Patriots and unleashing one of the country’s top lawyers and a high-powered investigative firm to uncover the truth behind a scandal that has cast a dark cloud over the team as they prepare for the Super Bowl. League officials broke their silence on the Deflategate scandal yesterday, announcing that high-powered white-collar crime lawyer Ted Wells will join NFL Executive Vice President Jeff Pash on the investigation into whether the Pats knowingly used under-inflated footballs in the American Football Conference championship game. “He is one of the premier lawyers in the United States, he has great credibility, he’s well-known in the field and his reputation is stellar,” said Larry Krantz of the New York law firm Krantz & Berman when asked about Wells. “He’s a very serious lawyer, his integrity is beyond reproach and this is certainly an indication that (the NFL) is taking the investigation very seriously.”

1 posted on 01/23/2015 9:26:48 PM PST by Colofornian
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To: All
Full Court Press: Latest hires show league isn’t playing around here
2 posted on 01/23/2015 9:28:34 PM PST by Colofornian
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The NFL says it has already collected video, electronic information and physical evidence -- and have hired forensic experts to see if foul play was a factor in Deflate-Gate. The league just announced it has hired Renaissance Associates -- which it describes as "an investigatory firm with sophisticated forensic expertise to assist in reviewing electronic and video information." The league has also tapped NFL Executive Vice President Jeff Pash and attorney Ted Wells to head » - TMZ Staff
--NFL On Deflate-Gate -- We Have Video Evidence ... Experts Reviewing the Tape
3 posted on 01/23/2015 9:31:31 PM PST by Colofornian
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very seriously

Sure. Wonder if they've interviewed Tom Brady yet?

4 posted on 01/23/2015 9:34:07 PM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Colofornian

Buy the time this law firm (at 2K or better an hour) gets anywhere, the Super Bowl will be over.


5 posted on 01/23/2015 9:36:49 PM PST by doc1019 (Blue lives matter)
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I really do not expect to see anything happening to anyone in the Patriots organization. If it does, it will happen well after the SuperBowl is played.


6 posted on 01/23/2015 9:37:46 PM PST by FamiliarFace
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To: Drango

Sure. Wonder if they’ve interviewed Tom Brady yet?


I don’t even care for football, but after reading about this on FR several times today, I have to echo your question.


7 posted on 01/23/2015 9:38:13 PM PST by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: Colofornian

And there we thought that our government was the only corrupt entity in our country today. Megyn Kelly had a guy on tonight that ferrets out deception from what people say. He essentially said that both the coach and the quarterback were lying in their press conferences. And he pointed out the reasons why he came to that conclusion.


8 posted on 01/23/2015 9:39:08 PM PST by vette6387
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To: Colofornian

http://www.springtrainingcountdown.com/#sthash.9nW5ooXq.dpbs


9 posted on 01/23/2015 9:39:17 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: Colofornian

What does OJ have to say about this situation?


10 posted on 01/23/2015 9:40:31 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: Drango

I’m guessing they’ll stretch this out past the Super Bowl.


11 posted on 01/23/2015 9:41:09 PM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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Wonder if they've interviewed Tom Brady yet? [Drango]

I don’t even care for football, but after reading about this on FR several times today, I have to echo your question. [Leapfrog0202, post #7]

Yup. Boston Globe's Ben Volin was asking this same question today:

NFL’s silence on Deflategate is deafening
"The NFL hasn’t yet interviewed the person whom most everyone else in the league believes is the central figure in this mess — Tom Brady." -- see Boston Globe Sports Section

12 posted on 01/23/2015 9:43:01 PM PST by Colofornian
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What a joke. The Carolina Panthers were heating footballs up on national TV this year & were just told to stop....no fine, nothing.


13 posted on 01/23/2015 9:43:10 PM PST by LongWayHome
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To: FamiliarFace

“I really do not expect to see anything happening to anyone in the Patriots organization. If it does, it will happen well after the SuperBowl is played.”

Sure, because it’s all about the money! The Super Bowl is their golden calf. They wouldn’t do anything that would affect their revenue stream. The high-priced lawyer is there for damage control not to find out the truth. And to take the direct heat off of the worthless commissioner who screwed up the last time he had an issue with which to deal.


14 posted on 01/23/2015 9:43:15 PM PST by vette6387
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To: LongWayHome

There isn’t anything special in the rules as to the temperature but there is as to air pressure.


15 posted on 01/23/2015 9:46:51 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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Same difference. Minor offence. Fine them 25k & move on.


16 posted on 01/23/2015 9:47:52 PM PST by LongWayHome
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What a joke. The Carolina Panthers were heating footballs up on national TV this year & were just told to stop....no fine, nothing.

Well, hey, at least in that case the refs knew somebody personal with the Panthers to "stop" whatever needed to be "stopped."

We know New England cheated here. But, for some daggone reason, we just can't get the Pats to identify who's the one the NFL needs to tell them to "stop" "hissing" those balls.

(Sounds to me like the PATS are setting up a PATSY...watch for the equipment manager to take the fall and claim he was THE lone nut & that this was no PATS "conspiracy")


17 posted on 01/23/2015 9:47:54 PM PST by Colofornian
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To: Rome2000

The Patriots hired an elite expert witness.

http://www.richmond.com/article_51a58ca4-5dbc-5c81-906a-e1fe0d5cc9fd.html

Case closed.

Freegards, waiting for opening day


18 posted on 01/23/2015 9:49:50 PM PST by Ransomed
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NFL adds all-pro lawyer to inquiry into Patriots

Guess hiring an All-Amateur lawyer wouldn't fit in with the NFL's penchant for over-hyping everything.

19 posted on 01/23/2015 9:51:51 PM PST by Mr_Moonlight
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To: LongWayHome

No the Carolina Panthers said they didn’t know anything about it and I believed them.


20 posted on 01/23/2015 9:52:00 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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