Judge denies NFL's motion to dismiss Jon Gruden lawsuit

Gruden filed the lawsuits against the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell on November 12 of last year, roughly a month after resigning from his post with the Raiders. The longtime NFL coach resigned after a Wall Street Journal and New York Times report into the Washington Commanders unearthed emails in which Gruden used racist, misogynistic and anti-gay language.  

The suit alleges "the defendants selectively leaked Gruden's private correspondence to the Wall Street Journal and New York Times in order to harm Gruden's reputation and force him out of his job," attorney Adam Hosmer-Henner said in a statement, via ESPN's Paul Gutierrez. "There is no explanation or justification for why Gruden's emails were the only ones made public out of the 650,000 emails collected in the NFL's investigation of the Washington Football Team or for why the emails were held for months before being released in the middle of the Raiders' season."

There is no word yet on whether there will be a settlement or if the case will proceed to trial.