Overview
- DeLorenzo filed the federal complaint Friday in Manhattan seeking reinstatement and unspecified damages after the NFL fired her on Feb. 18, 2025.
- The suit names the NFL along with former officiating chief Walt Anderson and former trainer Byron Boston as defendants, and it has been assigned to Judge Analisa Torres.
- She alleges ill-fitting men’s gear, orders to show a ponytail so she was visibly female on the field, a humiliating singing episode at Steelers camp, and a required college clinic that she says no male NFL official had to attend.
- The NFL denies the claims, says she had three seasons of documented underperformance, and says it will fight the case in court.
- The case follows a union grievance that won her clinic reimbursement and an EEOC right-to-sue letter on Dec. 31, 2025, and it could open internal evaluations and training practices to discovery.