Arizona Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill is again being sued by a former employee.
This time it’s his former personal assistant, Brittany Neuheisel, who has filed a wrongful discharge lawsuit against Bidwill and the team.
Neuheisel claims she ‘was continuously tormented for failing to disavow members of her own family and for refusing to participate in illegal conduct,’ according to the filing obtained by DailyMail.com.
Bidwill ‘unmercifully harassed Plaintiff in an effort to drive her to leave the Cardinals,’ the filing continued, adding that he once demanded she ship a gun through FedEx, while directing her to ignore any firearm restrictions.
Neuheisel, a grandmother, claims she was told by a third party that Bidwell wanted to replace her with someone who is ‘young, beautiful, and athletic.’
A Cardinals spokesman denied the allegations in a statement provided to DailyMail.com.
Arizona Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill is again being sued by a former employee
Neuheisel claims she ‘was continuously tormented for failing to disavow members of her own family and for refusing to participate in illegal conduct,’ according to the filing
‘Earlier this week, the Cardinals received an email from a California-based plaintiff’s lawyer,’ the statement began. ‘In it, he threatened to file a lawsuit unless the team agreed to his demand for a substantial amount of money by 5:00PM the next day.
‘The team refused and the lawyer has now filed the Complaint.
‘The Cardinals were surprised by and strongly deny the allegations made in this lawsuit and intend to defend the case on its merits in the appropriate forum.
‘As this is now pending litigation, the team will refrain from further comment.’
Neuheisel’s attorney did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.
A year ago, Bidwill was sued by former Cardinals personnel executive Terry McDonough over wrongful discharge claims. McDonough ultimately won $3 million in arbitration after the team admitted a critical press release about the outgoing executive ‘went too far’ in condemning him.
For six years, Neuheisel worked for Bidwell until her resignation last month.
She says Bidwill constantly put her in the middle of his ‘petty battles’ with family members. In one alleged incident, Neuheisel was told by Bidwill to clean out his niece’s car, which he’d gifted to her, so that it could be repossessed and sold.
Neuheisel claims Bidwill told her to record the video of the car being loaded into a flatbed tow truck so that it he could play the clip for his niece.
What’s more, Neuheisel says Bidwill repeatedly told her she was an ‘enabler’ for her adult children and grandchildren, whom he said she should kick out of her house, according to the filing.
In 2022, Neuheisel claims, she was attacked by Bidwill’s pitbull, Charley, who is accused of biting other Cardinals employees.
‘Most Cardinals’ employees were scared to go near Charley,’ read the filing.
Neuheisel quit in January after the Cardinals agreed to host playoff game between the Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings as Southern California was being decimated by wildfires.
Neuheisel says Bidwill directed a tirade at her when Rams owner Stan Kroenke neglected to personally thank the Cardinals for hosting the game.
