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Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin has filed a $100 million defamation suit against Marriott. And the case is a classic "he said-she said," with video. Irvin is responding to a February 5 incident where he was accused of making sexual remarks to a Marriott employee. 

He was removed from his room and taken off the property. And lost his job as an NFL sportscaster, as a result. 

On Wednesday Irvin held a press conference with witnesses describing the incident. 

On Friday Marriott filed a document describing the events, as they believe they happened.

He said-she said different perspectives

According to the Marriott, Irvin flagged the employee down, introduced himself, and asked what she did for work.

“Irvin also reached out and touched the Victim’s arm during this conversation without her consent, causing her to step back, becoming visibly uncomfortable,” Marriott attorney Nathan Chapman wrote in the document. 

“Irvin then asked the Victim whether she knew anything about having a ‘big Black man inside of her.’ Taken aback by Irvin’s comments, the Victim responded that his comments were inappropriate.

The Marriott court filing describes Irvin “leering” at the woman as she walked away.

A second employee allegedly heard him say, “She bad, She bad, I want to hit that."

"Then Irvin allegedly slapped himself in the face three times before saying, “Keep it together, Mike.”

Irvin, who has admitted to being intoxicated after dinner, has two witnesses who gave an entirely different account of the interaction.

Irvin speaks out

Irvin says he’s being railroaded by false accusations that threaten his broadcasting career and are damaging his Hall of Fame football legacy. He compared the accusations to a modern-day lynching of a Black man.

“How can I defend myself if I don’t even know what I am defending myself against?” he said, before adding, “This just blows my mind that in 2023 we’re still dragging and hanging brothers by a tree. That blows my mind that I have no opportunity to defend – I don’t even know what I’m defending.”

McCathern disputes Marriott’s details of the event. He says the video confirms that Irvin did nothing wrong. And that the accusations are nonsense.