Jon Gruden’s lawsuit against the NFL receives serious update

Jon Gruden appears to have gotten his way in court once again.

On Thursday, the Nevada Supreme Court rejected the NFL’s petition for a rehearing regarding one of their recent decisions on Gruden’s case against them by a unanimous 7-0 vote.

In August, the court sided with Gruden on the matter that his lawsuit against the NFL should go to a public trial. This effectively struck down a clause in the NFL’s constitution saying that public lawsuits instead go to closed-doors arbitration. In their ruling, the court deemed the clause ‘unconscionable’ and said that it did not apply to Gruden due to him not being currently employed by the NFL.

Thursday’s reinforcement of that ruling opens the door for Gruden to finally get his wish, with the former Las Vegas Raiders head coach pushing to make the trial public since 2021.

Gruden was forced to resign from the Raiders that year after media outlets received leaked e-mails from the head coach and other front office figures in the NFL. In the e-mails, Gruden used racist, homophobic and misogynistic language to describe league personnel. Shortly after his resignation, Gruden sued the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell, accusing the league of purposefully leaking the emails in a ‘malicious and orchestrated campaign’ to ruin his career.

It appears that Gruden and the NFL are headed for the courtroom, and plenty of dirty laundry is about to be revealed for the public to see.