Who is former Redskins cheerleader Tiffany Bacon Scourby?

May 2024 · 3 minute read

FORMER Washington Redskins cheerleader Tiffany Bacon Scourby is one of more than 20 women who have accused executives at the franchise of sexual misconduct.

Scourby accused the owner of the football team - which now goes by the Washington Football Team - Dan Snyder of humiliating her.

Here's more on the former cheerleader and the allegations against Washington Football Team executives.

Who is Tiffany Bacon Scourby? 

Scourby was a cheerleader for the Redskins and led the squad as captain in 2008.

The 42-year-old, who is a single mother of two young boys, represented the team at the 2009 Pro Bowl.

Scourby said she has stayed connected to the team’s cheerleaders as both a sideline assistant and a volunteer coach. 

What did she say about Dan Snyder? 

In a report published on Wednesday by the Washington Post, Scourby claimed Snyder approached her after she performed at a 2004 team charity event called Fight Night.

Then 26 years old, she said Snyder invited her to join his 40-year-old friend Anthony Roberts in a hotel room.

“We have a hotel room,” Snyder allegedly said, according to Scourby. 

“Why don’t you and Tony go upstairs and get to know each other better?” 

Scourby said she laughed but Snyder did not, seeming to signal his seriousness, and that she replied, “Oh, I’m working. Have a great time,” and walked away. 

The team’s cheerleader director at the time, Donald Wells, told the Post that he remembers Scourby saying, “Daniel Snyder offered me the suite with one of his friends,” and that “she was more or less propositioned.”

What did she say about Jeremy Piven? 

In 2017, Scourby accused actor Jeremy Piven of sexually assaulting her in New York in 2003.

“Powerful men in powerful positions need to realize that they can’t do this,” Scourby said.

Piven denied the incident, but seven other women made similar sexual misconduct claims against Piven.

CBS canceled a drama he was featured in after the allegations surfaced.  

When was Tiffany a Redskins cheerleader? 

Scourby spent eight years as a Redskins cheerleader during the 2000s. 

Snyder in a statement said the team is “disappointed” that Scourby spoke to the Post but did not bring “any of these allegations to management’s attention, particularly since she is still part of our organization as a volunteer with our cheerleaders.”

“I want to unequivocally state that this never happened,” Snyder stated. 

“Ms. Scourby did not report this alleged incident to anyone on the team in 2004, in her 8 years as a cheerleader, or at any time in the past 16 years.”

Is Tiffany taking legal action?

Scourby has hired attorney Lisa J. Banks from the Washington DC-based law firm Katz, Marshall and Banks.

The firm focuses on employment and sexual harassment law and civil rights.

Banks, who is representing 11 other former employees of the team, told the Post: “A workplace culture this toxic and pervasive, at the highest levels of the organization, simply cannot exist without the knowledge and encouragement of the owner.”

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What are accusations made against the Washington Football Team?

The Post’s report alleges that employees of the team were asked to make a lewd video of the cheerleaders for Snyder. 

A month ago, the newspaper wrote a story alleging and exposing a culture of widespread sexual harassment within the NFL organization. 

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