The Dallas Cowboys apparently paid four cheerleaders a million-dollar compensation in a 2016 out-of-court settlement after the women accused employee Richard Dalrymple of voyeurism.

Munich/Dallas – The Dallas Cowboys have apparently paid four cheerleaders $2.4 million in compensation as part of a 2016 out-of-court settlement after the women made voyeurism allegations against Richard Dalrymple in 2015. ESPN reports that.

Dalrymple, the Cowboys’ former vice-president of public relations and communications, was allegedly caught by the women in 2015 sneaking into their locker room with a security card and trying to secretly film them with his iPhone.

Each of the four women allegedly received around US$400,000 from the Cowboys, with the rest of the sum used to pay off legal fees.

Dalrymple denies allegations

Dalrymple himself had denied the allegations in a statement.

He commented, “People who know me know who I am and what I am about. I understand the very serious nature of these allegations and do not take them lightly. However, the allegations are false. Everything that was alleged was thoroughly investigated years ago and I fully cooperated at the time.”

The Cowboys said they investigated the incident with an external investigator but found no evidence of wrongdoing by Dalrymple.

Rich Dalrymple, Cowboys senior VP of public relations and communications, retiring after 32 years https://t.co/GjXKgzbPfl

– David Moore (@DavidMooreDMN) February 3, 2022

Richard Dalrymple had resigned on 2 February after more than 32 years with the franchise.