Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk is among three current NFL Network analysts who have been suspended "pending an investigation" amid allegations of sexual harassment and assault.
The others are Heath Evans and Ike Taylor. NFL Network announced the suspensions late on Monday.
The former players were named in a lawsuit by former NFL Network employee Jami Cantor, who was a wardrobe stylist with the company from 2006 until October 2016, when she was fired for allegedly stealing property.
"The supervisors knew about it, the supervisors observed it," Cantor's lawyer, Laura Horton, told The New York Times on Monday. "It was insidious in this particular environment."
Also named in the lawsuit were former NFL Network executive Eric Weinberger, former NFL Network analyst Donovan McNabb, who currently works as an ESPN radio host, and Eric Davis, a former NFL player who works for ESPNLA Radio in Los Angeles.
"We are investigating and McNabb and Davis will not appear on our networks as that investigation proceeds," an ESPN spokesperson said.
Weinberger, now president of commentator Bill Simmons' sports media group, including The Ringer website, has been suspended, according to a company statement.
In the complaint, detailed in a Deadspin.com story, Cantor said that Faulk asked "deeply personal and invasive questions about (her) sex life, such as her favorite sex position, whether she liked oral sex, and whether she dated black men." Cantor also alleged that Faulk greeted her by "fondling her breasts and groping her behind."
"As time went on," the lawsuit says, "Mr. Faulk became more aggressive, such as inviting Plaintiff to his hotel room, stroking and pulling out his genitals in front of her, pointing to his crotch and asking Plaintiff, 'when are you gonna get on this already?' He also pinned Plaintiff against a wall, demanding oral sex while he pulled his pants down."
Faulk, 44, lives in San Diego and has been the host for the Celebrity Golf Championship tournament that is held each May. The tournament is preparing to celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2018.
Reached on Tuesday by The San Diego Union-Tribune, Tournament Director Dave Miller, of Integrated Sports Marketing, said, "I haven't had a chance to speak with Marshall, but whatever decision we make going forward will be in the best interest of our sponsors, the charities that benefit from the tournament, and all parties involved."
Cantor alleges in her lawsuit that Evans sent nude pictures and propositioned her, Taylor sent her a video that showed him masturbating, and Weinberger groped her and put his crotch against her.
She also alleges that McNabb and Sapp harassed her. Sapp was fired from the network in 2015 after being arrested for assault and soliciting prostitution, and McNabb left in 2013, later losing a job with Fox Sports after pleading guilty to drunken driving in November 2015.
Cantor initially sued NFL Enterprises, which runs NFL Network, in Los Angeles Superior Court in October. She alleged age and sex discrimination, sexual harassment and hostile work environment, and wrongful termination, among other complaints.
She filed an amended complaint on Monday that laid out in further detail the allegations of sexual harassment and assault.
Cantor was fired from NFL Network in October 2016 for allegedly stealing clothes. She has denied those allegations and contends the network fired her for not going along with the abuse.
She alleges in the lawsuit that NFL Network has defamed her and made it difficult for her to obtain work. She alleges that she suffered age discrimination; she was 51 years old when she was fired and replaced by a 30-year-old.
These are not the first accusations and suspensions for sexual misconduct in the sports world, but they are the most high-profile.
Faulk, who was recently inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, had an illustrious career with the Indianapolis Colts and St. Louis Rams, with whom he won a Super Bowl in the 1999 season. Taylor, a cornerback, captured two Super Bowls in 12 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Evans, a fullback, was a Super Bowl champion with the New Orleans Saints.
Last week, former NFL quarterback Warren Moon was accused in a lawsuit of sexual harassment by a woman who worked for a sports marketing firm.
Previously, former major league catcher Gregg Zaun was fired in October from his job as a Toronto Blue Jays analyst for inappropriate behavior and comments with female employees. Fox Sports fired executive Jamie Horowitz in July after claims of sexual misconduct.
