NFL cheerleaders reportedly had to pose topless, escort men out to a nightclub – ThinkProgress
[ad_1] Cheerleaders for Washington, D.C.’s NFL franchise were required to pose nude and escort male fans out to a nightclub, according to a report Wednesday in The New York Times . A number of cheerleaders told the Times that they had been required to pose topless or only wearing body paint for a calendar shoot on a 2013 trip to Costa Rica, and that a group of all male sponsors and FedExField suite holders were there to watch the photo shoot. After a 14-hour day of unpaid work shooting for the calendar and practices, some of the women were told they had been “chosen” by men to be their escorts to a nightclub that night. When they were told to get ready, some reportedly broke down and cried. “They weren’t putting a gun to our heads, but it was mandatory for us to go,” one of the cheerleaders told the Times. “We weren’t asked, we were told. Other girls were devastated because we knew exactly what she was doing.” While they weren’t told to have sex with the men, the women said they f...