Las Vegas Raiders president Dan Ventrelle is no longer with the organization, the team announced Friday.
Raiders owner Mark Davis didn't reveal a reason for Ventrelle's exit.
"Dan Ventrelle is no longer with the organization," Davis said. "We will have no further comment at this time."
Ventrelle says he was fired by Davis in retaliation for concerns he brought up regarding a hostile work environment within the franchise, the former president said in a statement obtained by Mick Akers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Ventrelle has also retained legal counsel regarding his departure.
His statement read:
Today, Mark Davis terminated my employment as president of the Las Vegas Raiders. I have committed almost 18 years of my life to the success of the Raiders as general counsel and president. I take that responsibility very seriously, which is why multiple written complaints from employees that Mark created a hostile work environment and engaged in other potential misconduct caused me grave concern. When Mark was confronted about these issues, he was dismissive and did not demonstrate the warranted level of concern. Given this, I informed the NFL of these issues and of Mark's unacceptable response. Soon thereafter, I was fired in retaliation for raising these concerns. I firmly stand by my decision to elevate these issues to protect the organization and its female employees. I remain committed to doing everything in my power to support the Raiders and the Las Vegas community I now call home. I have retained counsel and will have no further comment at this time.
The NFL issued a statement saying that it will look into Ventrelle's claim about the Raiders' work environment. "We recently became aware of these allegations and take them very seriously," said NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy, per Josh Dubow of The Associated Press. "We will promptly look into the matter."
The Raiders named Ventrelle as interim president last July to replace Marc Badain, and he took over the job permanently after the 2021 season. The 46-year-old joined the Raiders in 2003. He served multiple roles over his time with the organization, including executive vice president and general counsel.
Ventrelle is the second member of Las Vegas' front office to depart this week, after chief operations and analytics officer Jeremy Aguero, who resigned Thursday following just seven months on the job.