The NFL was forced to move on from one of their highest ranking executives after extremely concerning reports started to surface. While the full details are still being uncovered, the reports have identified enough information for him to be let go.
“Multiple Visits To Strip Clubs” NFL Sees High Executive Fired After Concerning Reports Surface (Breaking)
It was discovered this week that Lloyd Howell Jr. had charged the union for two trips to strip clubs, including a $738.82 car service from the airport to one of the clubs. He resigned after an outside investigator hired by the union received the documents:
The documents are union-approved expense reports and receipts, which ESPN began asking questions about hours before Howell abruptly resigned late Thursday night.
One receipt, obtained by ESPN, shows Howell was picked up in a sedan by a car service at Fort Lauderdale International Airport on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, at 10:26 p.m. The car’s first stop was at a nearby Miami Gardens address, where the driver was hired to wait seven hours outside.
Nearly eight hours later, at 6 the following morning, the car dropped off Howell at his luxury condominium in Sunny Isles Beach, the receipt shows.
Later, a young union finance worker noticed the car service’s exorbitant cost. The employee googled the Miami Gardens address, discovering it was Tootsie’s Cabaret.
The 76,000-square-foot venue bills itself as the world’s largest strip club – “full nude No. 1 rated.”
The employee flagged the receipt to the union’s travel department for a higher level of review, two people familiar with union operations told ESPN. The head of union travel then forwarded the documents to compliance for review by union lawyers, the sources said.
More than a year later, Howell and two employees visited a strip club in Atlanta, according to the expense reports obtained by ESPN.
During this year’s NFLPA Summit on Feb. 21, Howell accompanied two union employees to the Magic City strip club for an outing that included $2,426 in charges including cash withdrawals, ranging from $200 to $525, from a club ATM, sources and documents show. They used two “VIP rooms.”
According to the expense report, the purpose of the strip club outing: “Player Engagement Event to support & grow our Union.”
The NFLPA Summit is an annual event to foster leadership among players and young union employees.
One of the employees who accompanied Howell submitted expense reports for this outing, the documents show. Howell instructed the employee to file the expense reports, two sources familiar with the matter told ESPN.
The employee noted on a March 23 expense report: “$736 = This was the final amount I was charged to close the tab for both secluded sections for our Player Members. This included Food, Alcoholic Drinks, fees, taxes, and gratuity.” No players’ names are listed on receipts or the reports.
Documents show four cash withdrawals were flagged with “alerts,” apparently referring to potential reimbursement violations.
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