Two women are suing kicker Brandon McManus and the Jacksonville Jaguars, alleging that McManus sexually assaulted them during the team’s flight to London last year, according to court documents obtained by Keynote USA.
The two women, identified as Jane Doe I and Jane Doe II in the lawsuit filed Friday night in Duval County Circuit Civil Court, accuse McManus of rubbing himself against them. They also accuse the Jaguars of failing to supervise McManus and creating a safe environment for the team’s staff.
They are asking for more than a million dollars and demanding a jury trial.
A statement from McManus or his attorney is likely to be released later Monday, a source told Keynote USA. The Jaguars declined to comment through a team spokesperson. Keynote USA also reached out to McManus’ agent, Drew Rosenhaus.
Kicker Brandon McManus has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting two flight attendants last year on a flight to London while he was with the Jaguars. Peter van den Berg-Keynote USA Sports
The Jaguars did not re-sign McManus this offseason and he signed a one-year, $3.6 million contract with the Washington Commanders on March 14.
According to the lawsuit, the two women worked as flight attendants on the Jaguars’ Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings charter flight on Sept. 28, 2023, and allege the flight “quickly turned into a party” as McManus and several other players They ignored the flight attendants. ‘personal space, air travel safety and federal law. The lawsuit also claims that McManus recruited three other flight attendants for the party and handed out $100 bills to encourage them to drink and dance in a manner inappropriate for him.
Doe I accuses McManus of trying to kiss her while she was seated during a turbulence session and of rubbing against her twice while serving both in-flight meal services, according to the lawsuit. Doe I alleges that during the first assault she made eye contact with another Jaguars player, who she claimed seemed embarrassed by McManus’ behavior.
Doe II alleges that McManus became angry at her while she was serving the second meal service of the flight. According to the lawsuit, Doe II confronted McManus, who “smiled and walked away.” The lawsuit says Doe II remained on the second floor of the plane to avoid McManus on the team’s flight from London to Jacksonville on Oct. 8.
The lawsuit says that was the first Jaguars charter flight the two women worked on, and that they have experienced severe mental anguish, anxiety, psychological and emotional distress, embarrassment and humiliation. They have been removed from the core crew that staff Jaguars charter flights, something they worked hard for, the lawsuit says.
The lawsuit alleges that the Jaguars committed gross negligence by failing to properly hire McManus, training him about sexual and inappropriate contact with flight personnel, failing to supervise him on the flight, and failing to adopt policies and procedures to protect flight personnel from sexual conduct. inappropriate conduct by its employees and failing to enforce a Zero Tolerance Policy for inappropriate conduct.
McManus signed with the Jaguars on May 5, 2023, after he was released by the Denver Broncos. The Jaguars gave him a one-year contract worth $2 million, and he made 30 of 37 field goal attempts and all 35 extra point attempts last season.
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