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Walsh asks for protection to release Spygate tapes
Saturday, February 16, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) The lawyer for former New England Patriots employee Matt Walsh said his client is willing to turn over videotapes he made for the team if the NFL guarantees Walsh protection from lawsuits or other legal action.

Attorney Michael Levy said that to date, the NFL's initial proposals are not sufficient protection for Walsh, who is said to have taped the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough practice the day before they played the Patriots in the 2002 Super Bowl. The Patriots won. 20-17.

"Under our proposal, Mr. Walsh is only protected if he in good faith is truthful. And he will be," Levy told the Associated Press on Friday in a telephone interview from his office at the Washington law firm of McKee Nelson.

"The NFL's proposal is not full indemnification. It is highly conditional and still leaves Mr. Walsh vulnerable. I have asked the NFL to provide Mr. Walsh with the necessary legal protections so that he can come forward with the truth without fear of retaliation and litigation. To best serve the interest of the public and everyone involved, I am hopeful that the NFL will do so promptly."

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has said he's offered Walsh a deal whereby "he has to tell the truth and he has to return anything he took improperly" in return for indemnity.

"No one wants to talk to Matt Walsh more than we do," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said Friday.

"But his demand to be released from all responsibility even if his comments are not truthful is unprecedented and unreasonable. The NFL and the Patriots have assured Mr. Walsh's lawyer that there will be no adverse consequences for his client if Mr. Walsh truthfully shares what he knows. Why does he need any more protection than that?"

Walsh, now a golf pro in Maui, did video work for the Patriots when they won the first of their three Super Bowl after the 2001 season.

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Illmatic187

Uh-ohs.

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Professor

I knew Aiello wouldn't let it die, this is getting better and better and like many have said including myself, this wasn't going to just go away

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Footbalmaster

This is getting pretty interesting when the guy wants protection if he lies. Doesn't make me want to trust him.

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Professor

this statement proves your complete ignorance - seriously I am laughing at how much you refuse to see or understand

The guy signed a paper upon exiting the pats that everything he saw was proprietary and he could not disclose. He doesn't want to be subject to lawsuits or litigation based on that document if he does release the tapes that he has.

He just wants protection period, which is completely understandable, the only thing that makes me not trust him is that he was an employee of belicheater.

Everyone knows the importance of the tapes he has in his possession and he is just covering his bases before releasing the proof that will in no doubt be cast off by blind pats fans once again, lol

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Footbalmaster

Again he has been offered protection if he speaks the truth, I understand protection from papers he's signed, but hes given that protection if he tells the truth. I want to hear the truth, but why give him the ability to be not responsible if he lies.

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RoyWilliams

Give it to him, lets see the truth.

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Professor

he says that he is still open to litigation. That is all

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BU54

So far this whole ordeal reminds me of a soap opera.

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Footbalmaster

Give what to him?

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