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Myles Garrett is standing by his accusations against Mason Rudolph.
On Thursday afternoon it was reported that Garrett had told Mason Rudolph had used a racial slur before their brawl on Thursday night football.
In an appeal with the NFL, Browns’ DE Myles Garrett alleged that Mason Rudolph called him a racial slur prior to last week's brawl on Thursday Night Football, sources told ESPN's Josina Anderson and me, an accusation the Steelers’ QB strongly denies.https://t.co/NUQfAJdo6B
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 21, 2019
Rudolph’s lawyers strongly denied Garrett’s allegations and called them an outright lie on Twitter.
"This is a lie" — Timothy M. Younger, Mason Rudolph's attorney, statement on the Myles Garrett accusations of the Steelers QB using a racial slur pic.twitter.com/Axo4NOjoSd
— Chase Williams (@chasepwilliams) November 21, 2019
The NFL denied Garrett’s appeal and issued a statement saying they did not find any evidence that Rudolph used a racial slur on the field.
The appeals officers decided:
— #Browns DE Myles Garrett’s indefinite suspension was upheld.
— #Steelers OL Maurkice Pouncey’s 3-game suspension was turned into 2 games.— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) November 21, 2019
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the league looked into Myles Garrett’s allegations that Mason Rudolph used a racial slur last Thursday night before the brawl “and found no such evidence.”
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 21, 2019
Garrett would take to Twitter to claim that he was assured that his accusations at the hearing weren’t going to be made public but he insists that Rudolph did call him a racial slur during the game.
— Myles Garrett (@Flash_Garrett) November 22, 2019
According to an online report NFL films did not mic up anyplyers during the Bronws-Steelers game which means we may never get a definite answer on whether Rudolph uttered the racial slur.
am hearing from two people who would know that NFL films did not mic up any players for this particular game, so ignore this (NFL Films mmmmay have exaggerated in the past their audio coverage of each regular season game)
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) November 21, 2019