The New York Jets filed a countersuit Tuesday against a former vice president of finance Elaine Chen, who last week sued the team , alleging she was part of an "unlawful conspiracy" to falsely accuse team president Hymie Elhai of sexual harassment. The Jets claim the effort was intended to damage Elhai's reputation and destabilize the organization's leadership, according to the filing obtained by NJ.com .

Central to the countersuit are roughly 4,000 deleted text messages recovered from Chen's husband, former vice president of ticket sales Larry Fitzpatrick's company-issued phone. The team alleges in the filing the messages show attempts to mislead investigators about the origin of an anonymous email accusing Elhai of inappropriate behavior. According to the filing, the texts include

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