ASHBURN, Va., — Washington Commanders coach Dan Quinn said the team was unaware of the sexual assault allegations against kicker Brandon McManus when it signed him in free agency and didn’t learn of them until late last month.
Washington released McManus on Sunday night, seven days after it learned of the lawsuit filed against him by two women who claimed he sexually assaulted them during an overseas flight to London last season when he played for the Jacksonville Jaguars. The women were working as flight attendants.
The Commanders had signed McManus to a one-year, $3.6 million deal on March 14. The lawsuit, which seeks $1 million from McManus, was filed on May 24 in Duval County Circuit Civil Court.
Quinn said he first learned of the allegations on May 27. He declined to comment further on McManus because the situation remains…
