Hall of Famer Michael Irvin pulled from NFL Network's Super Bowl coverage after misconduct allegation
Woman made complaint about Irvin's behaviour in hotel Sunday night
Michael Irvin has been pulled from the remainder of NFL Network's Super Bowl week coverage after a complaint about Irvin's behaviour in a hotel Sunday night.
The Hall of Fame wide receiver went on a Dallas radio station Wednesday and said he was asked by network officials to move to another hotel on Monday after what he described as a brief encounter with a woman.
"Michael Irvin will not be part of NFL Network's Super Bowl LVII week coverage," NFL Network spokesman Alex Riethmiller said
In interviews with Dallas' 105.3 The Fan and the Dallas Morning News, Irvin said the conversation with the woman lasted between 45 seconds and one minute. Irvin also said he initially didn't remember the meeting because "I had a few drinks, to tell you the truth."
Irvin said he did not know the woman and that there was "no sexual wrongdoing."
"Sunday night ... when I came into the hotel, they asked what I did and I said, `I just went straight to the room,"' Irvin said during the "Shan & RJ" show. "But I guess I had met somebody in the lobby. Talked to somebody in the lobby for about a minute, and then I went to my room. And then after I got up there, they said they had to move me in the hotel.
Irvin has been with NFL Network since 2009. He did appear during the network's coverage of Super Bowl opening night on Monday.
Glendale, Ariz., police said they have not received any reports about any incident involving Irvin.
