Denver Broncos president of football operations John Elway issued a statement Thursday denying allegations made against him and members of the front office by former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores.
In a racial discrimination lawsuit filed Tuesday against the NFL and its teams, Flores said Elway and others in the front office showed up to a 2019 interview looking "disheveled" and over an hour late.
Elway called the lawsuit "false and defamatory" in his statement, following up a denial issued by the Broncos earlier this week:
"While I was not planning to respond publicly to the false and defamatory claims by Brian Flores, I could not be silent any longer with my character, integrity and professionalism being attacked.