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I understand that but Wells only did one. Do we even know when the other 3 took place and what they went over?
It is not usual to sit through four interviews/depositions, never mind five.
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I understand that but Wells only did one. Do we even know when the other 3 took place and what they went over?
If all 4 interviews were 7 hours long I agree. But how long were the other 3 interviews? Because if they were just short Q/As then they can't be compared.
Based on this understanding, the Patriots asked Mr. McNally, a game day only employee with whom the team had no ongoing employment relationship, to leave his full-time, out-of-state job in order to be available for an interview at the stadium. Prior to the interview, the Patriots prevailed upon Mr. McNally to allow his personal phone to be checked for any relevant information, all of which was provided to the Wells investigators before the interview. The investigators therefore had all of Mr. Jastremski’s texts (which were provided three weeks before Mr. McNally was interviewed) as well as Mr. McNally’s phone records. The Wells investigators brought four lawyers to the McNally interview. They spent the entire day with him. He gave over seven hours of testimony. He answered every question. Among other things, the Wells investigators inquired at length about texts with Mr. Jastremski. Having taken a day off work, he was willing to stay as long as it took to finish. The interview did not end until the investigation team exhausted every topic and question they had.
Thus, when subsequently asked for what would have been a fifth interview of Mr. McNally, Patriots counsel wanted to understand what unanticipated circumstances warranted this, including whether the interview would be limited to matters that were simply not available to the investigators during Mr. McNally’s prior interview. The Patriots advised the investigators of their reluctance to have Mr. McNally back yet again, particularly given the media harassment he and his family had suffered as a result of prior leaks of Mr. McNally’s name and hometown. The distress to him and his family caused by the ensuing media attention was described in detail to the investigators. With this background, there was a high hurdle before the Patriots would ask Mr. McNally to appear yet again for what would be his fifth interview, and a particular desire to be sure that the standard for another interview — unanticipated circumstances — was met.
EMAIL EXCERPTS
Excerpt from email dated 2/5/15 @ 3:53 p.m. from Daniel L. Goldberg to Ted
Wells and Lorin Reisner:
“Scheduling of witness interviews: You have requested new
interviews of those already interviewed, as well as interviews of a
number of other individuals. We will work to accommodate all
those interviews. The interviews will be arranged so that, barring
unanticipated circumstances, there will not be future multiple
interviews of the same person.”
Excerpt from email dated 3/9/15 @ 4:47 p.m. from Dan Goldberg to Ted Wells
and Lorin Reisner:
“As to Jim McNally
…
No time limits were put on his prior interviews, three by League
Security and one, full day interview, by you. Among the reasons
for my disinclination to ask that he come for yet another interview
are:
…
We had an agreement from the outset that, barring extraordinary
or unexpected circumstances, each person would be subjected to
only one interview by you.
…
if you want some added information from Jim McNally, let me
know what it is and I will consider the best way to get relevant
information to you.
2 Excerpt from email dated 3/17/15 @ 10:35 a.m. from Dan Goldberg to
Ted Wells and Lorin Reisner:
“For the various reasons previously identified, coupled with what
you have now seen on video, I remain disinclined to ask him to
appear again.”
…
(I have also pointed out to you that the “new” areas explored in the
fourth Jastremski interview that you requested did not address issues
that could not have been covered in an earlier interview.
…
For all these reasons, I remain disinclined to ask him to return
again. If there are truly unanticipated fact areas that you believe
are relevant to whether there was tampering with the balls at the
AFC Game for which you need his input, let me know what they
are and I will see how best to get you that information. Certainly
were we in litigation you would not get the relief you now seek
without disclosing specifically what it is that has triggered the
request for a fifth deposition of the same witness and what it is
you plan to cover. I do not feel I am asking you for anything out of
the ordinary by making this request.”
Excerpt from email dated 3/17/15 @ 4:59 p.m. from Dan Goldberg to Lorin
Reisner and Ted Wells:
“We will certainly let you know if the position changes. And
please let us know if we can assist you in getting any information
you believe you are in need of in some other fashion -- whether in
the nature of interrogatories or the like.”
(I have also pointed out to you that the “new” areas explored in the
fourth Jastremski interview that you requested did not address issues
that could not have been covered in an earlier interview.
i want to see videos of all previous games and if mcnally always takes balls in the bathroom then there might some **** going on.Well when you think about it 50-yard-line, McNally didn't need a pump or a gauge to spend 1 minute and 40 seconds blindly deflating balls in a bathroom minutes before the AFC Championship game for Tom fanatical about his footballs Brady.
Naaaaah, McNally just pulled each ball out of the bag and counted "One Mississippi.......Two Mississippi........" with the sound of hissing psi vanishing into thin air...........
It SHOCKS me that smart peeps in the media have never questioned the validity of the 'he did it in the bathroom' scenario.
McNally is in that bathroom for 5 minutes....you've got my attention.
McNally is in that bathroom for 10 minutes.... the Patriots are in deep trouble.
McNally was in that bathroom for *1 minute and 40 seconds*.
Have never bought this scenario. Next to the science this is the weakest part of this story and yet
no one in the media questions it.
Amazing!!!
i want to see videos of all previous games and if mcnally always takes balls in the bathroom then there might some **** going on.
If all 4 interviews were 7 hours long I agree. But how long were the other 3 interviews? Because if they were just short Q/As then they can't be compared.
It appears that after 4 interviews Wells was unable to find any inconsistencies in Mcnally s testamony. Maybe he's telling the truth.
Oh and btw we're supposed to believe Tom Brady is fanatical, absolutely anal about the condition of the footballs he uses.......and at the same time we're supposed to believe Jim McNally took a bulky, heavy bag of footballs into a bathroom and deflated them to Tom Brady's liking and did all this in 1 minute and 40 seconds.
ANYONE who believes McNally deflated those balls in that bathroom is an absolute fool.
Impossible. Ted Wells says he's guilty based on Walt Anderson's second best recollection of the events that day.It appears that after 4 interviews Wells was unable to find any inconsistencies in Mcnally s testamony. Maybe he's telling the truth.
That wasn't a trial
That wasn't a stand in a court of law
It's unusual to get 3 interviews/depositions and then get another one for 7+ hours with the same person.
I'm confused as to the "why" behind some of the points you seem to be trying to make regarding this case.
It wasn't about a second interview. It was about a 5th.
I guess all that matter is that we vent. There should be no reasoned discussion of what might or might no happen. I bow to your superior experience. I'm sure that you have participated in many more depositions and formal questioning that I have. NOT
The why is that there MIGHT be some who might want to try to understand, rather than just vent. But perhaps, not.
And why don't we make believe that the Wells folks interviewed him 10 or 12 times. He was interviewed by them once, apparently for 7 hours. The league had previously interviewed him. The interviewers compared their notes, and decided that they had followup questions. The patriots decided that enough was enough.
Yup this a "winner". Please document anywhere other than here that says that the Wells folks interviewed McNally more than once.
"But 7 months before the AFC championship game, McNally pointed to ESPN and also used the word 'deflator' in a pair of texts. That's absolute proof that he's guilty of about 1000 crimes against the NFL."
- Mr. Wells