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Jeffrey Kessler: We aren’t here if Brady had been fined

Wednesday’s hearing on the Tom Brady case has concluded with Judge Richard Berman ordering both sides to take part in another settlement hearing after questioning NFL attorney Daniel Nash and Brady’s attorney Jeffrey Kessler during the proceedings in Manhattan.

Kessler gave a hint about what Brady might be looking for in a settlement when he said, via Mike Garafolo of FOX Sports, that “we wouldn’t be here” if the league had fined Brady for not cooperating with the Ted Wells investigation months ago. Kessler cited the $50,000 fine that Brett Favre received for not being forthcoming during a sexual harassment investigation as an appropriate precedent for Brady discipline.