A judge on Wednesday rejected NFL attempts to throw out a lawsuit filed against the league by former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden.

District Judge Joe Hardy denied motions to dismiss and to reconsider a prior ruling not to dimiss the case in the first hearing since the Nevada Supreme Court ruled in August that Gruden could not be forced into arbitration.

Gruden resigned as Raiders coach after news reports about his racist, misogynist and anti-LGBTQ emails. The NFL has denied leaking the emails.

“It will come as no surprise to the court that my clients obviously vigorously disagree that any such communications took place,” NFL lawyer Kannon Shanmugam told the judge.

He added that Gruden was a public figure whose emails were a matter of public interest.

“Gruden does not dispute tha

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