Tom Brady's diva demands revealed in emails amid Deflategate case
Tom Brady's diva behavior has been laid bare in a series of emails read out in court during the deflated balls saga.
The New England Patriots quarterback, married to supermodel Gisele Bundchen, moaned about the color of his $8,500 swimming pool cover in a strongly-worded message to his manager.
In another email to fashion designer Tom Ford, he asked for samples of the latest fashionable items including sneakers, polo tops and sweaters.
And when he was asked to dinner by Francesco Aquilini, owner of Vancouver Canucks hockey squad, Brady requested a donation for his education charity in return.
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Revealed: New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, married to supermodel Gisele Bundchen (pictured last May), moaned about a number of things in his strongly-worded emails that have been unveiled in court
He complained about the color of their $8,500 pool cover to his manager. He wanted white, they got gray
Case: The revelation surfaced from more than 450 pages of documents which were handed to a judge as part of the 'Deflategate' case as Tom Brady and the NFL Players' Association battle the NFL in federal court
'What kind of morons don't have a white cover? Can we check with another company?' Brady fumed in an email to his manager about his swimming pool, according to the New York Post.
'These f**king idiots, why don't we have that same cover for the year-round cover?'
He later wrote that his wife Gisele had decided to order a gray pool cover.
Writing to a Tom Ford executive, he said: 'I was wondering if there was anything new to show me or any updates on the polos with the rugby fabric. Also, do you have any black sneakers in the high top in my size or any suit fabrics?'
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ShareIn February this year, when Francesco Aquilini invited him to dinner, Brady agreed but said: 'I do have one request. I am starting a foundation . . . to educate all athletes on sustained peak performance.'
The revelations surfaced in a 457-page document submitted to a federal court on Tuesday.
It also emerged that Brady denied under oath to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that he tampered with footballs before the AFC title game.
The report that led to his four-game suspension cited text messages that appeared to show Brady discussed the balls' air levels before the game in Indianapolis.
MEDIA SAVVY AND A STICKLER FOR RULES: THE MAN JUDGING TOM BRADY
Judge Richard M Berman was randomly assigned the Deflategate case. But his peers said there could not be a better candidate for the job.
An avid proponent of transparency, the 71-year-old has a diverse working history: he was an executive for Time Warner Cable before it became a success, and has also been a senior aide to a US Senator.
And as a judge he has presided over a number of high profile cases - many involving celebrities. When he decides someone has abused the judicial system, he can be harsh.
In 2012, he gave actor Michael Douglas' son a break, sentencing Cameron Douglas to only five years in prison on drug charges after he cooperated with the government. But he later doubled the sentence to 10 years and scolded the son, calling him 'destructive' and 'manipulative' after he persuaded a lawyer-turned-love interest to sneak drugs into prison in her bra.
Judge Richard M Berman was randomly assigned the Deflategate case. But his peers said there could not be a better candidate for the job. He has presided over high-profile cases involving celebrities in the past
Perhaps his most challenging case came when Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani scientist who trained at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brandeis University, was charged with shooting at FBI agents and U.S. soldiers at an Afghan police station in 2008.
She punctuated her court appearances with outbursts that called her sanity and the likelihood of a trial into question. She was convicted and sentenced to 86 years in prison.
Sabrina Shroff, an assistant public defender who observed some Siddiqui proceedings, said Berman 'has a knack for recognizing exactly what it takes to run a courtroom.'
'Never was this more apparent than in the trial of Aafia Siddiqui who was a very sad and troubled defendant. It was obvious he was deeply concerned about her all through the trial and his concern for her continued even after her conviction,' Shroff said.
In April 2001, Berman demonstrated his distaste for lawyers wasting the time of the court and jurors after a record company in a claim against former Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee settled with a Swedish man just as a jury reached a verdict.
Berman instructed the jury to reveal its verdict in Lee's favor, prompting the drummer who had argued against settling to curse his lawyers and yell 'Idiot!'
Preska said there's a practical reason why Berman prefers parties to settle.
'On the one hand, there's just the fight,' she said. 'But also, if we have to make a ruling, often it's with a meat cleaver. They can craft a settlement with a scalpel, a much more nuanced settlement that will make everybody happy.'
He told the New York Law Journal last year that he's 'somewhat of a news/TV junkie' who, if not a judge, would probably continue in the media and communications business.
Berman noted he was general counsel of Warner Cable and MTV Networks Inc. when pay-per-view was developed, the first video disc jockeys were hired and the first music videos were released.
Brady claimed he did not know equipment manager Jim McNally, who is at the center of the scandal, other than as a face among those working for his team.
He said that he did not know McNally's name until allegations about his involvement in deflating footballs before the AFC championship, according toCBS Sports.
Texts between McNally and equipment assistant John Jastremski released in Wells's report earlier this year seem to suggest that Brady spoke with Jastresmski and had discussion inflation levels with him.
McNally also referred to himself as 'the Deflator' in the texts, though the Patriots later said it was because he was trying to lose weight.
When asked about the conversations Brady said: 'So obviously, those text messages didn't involve me. I didn't know the spirit of their relationship, so I think it was kind of unfair for me to speculate that they did something wrong when they told me they didn't do anything wrong'
Brady was suspended four games and the team was docked $1million and two draft picks after Wells's the NFL-sanctioned investigation.
It found that the Patriots supplied improperly inflated footballs for the conference championship game against the Indianapolis Colts, which New England won 45-7.
Jim McNally is very clearly the lone man responsible for #Deflategate http://t.co/1v9Y3rR8FF pic.twitter.com/PHE98bu3Tx
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) May 6, 2015
Brady denied discussing the air pressure in footballs being used for his AFC championship win over Indianapolis. Above, he arrives at NFL headquarters in New York for an appeal hearing on June 23
Brady (left) said that he did not know the name of Jim McNally (above, in tweet) before allegations that he and John Jestremski (right) deflated footballs. Texts between the two employees see them discussing air pressure
NFL investigator Ted Wells said in the testimony that he thought Brady's decision not to give up his cell phone was ill-advised, but that he did not threaten the star with punishment if he didn't
The Patriots advanced to the Super Bowl and beat the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 for Brady's fourth NFL title.
Brady appealed the punishment. Goodell decided to hear the appeal himself and upheld the penalty on July 28.
Both sides went to federal court, and US District Judge Richard Berman told them to work out a settlement.
To encourage them, he ordered both Brady and Goodell to appear in court in person during the upcoming NFL preseason, and a resolution is expected before the regular season, according to USA Today.
New England's season begins September 10 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The transcript filed by the NFL Players Association included the appeal testimony from Brady and Wells on June 23.
Wells explained that he did not believe Brady had nothing to do with the ball deflation because the quarterback refused to provide all of the documents that were requested.
Roger Goodell gave Brady a four-game suspension to start the 2015 season, also fining and taking away a draft pick from the Patriots. Above, he is pictured at the 2015 NFL Draft
The NFLPA and NFL are expected in court later this month. Above, a Patriots fan holds a pro-Brady sign at the teams training camp in Foxborough, Massachusetts
'In my almost 40 years of practice, I think that was one of the most ill-advised decisions I have ever seen because it hurt how I viewed his credibility,' Wells testified.
'It hurt my assessment of his credibility for him to begin his interview by telling me he declined to give me the documents.'
Although Wells asked repeatedly for Brady's cellphone, the investigator also testified: 'I did not tell Mr. Brady at any time that he would be subject to punishment for not giving -- not turning over the documents. I did not say anything like that.'
Brady's lawyers have said that the league made up its rules without proper notice to Brady, and that it didn't follow its rules at all in some cases.
They claim that the NFL's 'integrity of the game' policy does not apply to players, but only to figures such as coaches and owners, according to
The lawyers have also questioned whether Goodell was independent enough to conduct a fair hearing, even though the collective bargaining agreement gives him that authority.
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