By Michael Ventura
DNAinfo Senior Editor
MANHATTAN — Jenn Sterger, the former Jets employee who said Brett Favre sent her racy text messages, is "disappointed" the NFL only fined the legendary quarterback $50,000 after its investigation into the incident.
The fine was for "failure to cooperate" with the probe, that looked into whether Favre sent Sterger sexual text messages and explicit photographs while they were both working for the Jets, according to news reports.
Favre was found not to have violated the NFL's workplace conduct policy.
"My client and I are extremely disappointed, but not surprised, at today's NFL announcement that Brett Favre did not violate the NFL 'workplace conduct' policy," Sterger's attorney, Joseph Conway, said in a statement, the Daily News reported.
Conway said there was plenty of evidence to show that Favre had in fact violated the NFL's policy and that he "showed a pattern of lewd and offensive behavior" that "lasted all of the 2008 season."
He chalked the NFL's decision to preferential treatment for one of its stars.
"[Favre] is a high-profile athlete and a star in this league. He did do it or he didn’t do it. There are lots of reasons to believe he is getting preferential treatment,” Conway told Sports Business Daily, the New York Post reported.
The NFL's investigation focused solely on Favre's conduct in the workplace, and not any interactions he may have had elsewhere, the league said in a statement.
Favre received the fine because he "was not candid in several respects during the investigation, resulting in a longer review and additional negative public attention for Favre, Sterger, and the NFL," the league said in a statement.
