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TODAY AND ED LAVENDERA HAS THEM
OUT FRONT.
>> Reporter: WITH SCANDALS
SWIRLING AROUND RICHIE
INCOGNITO, HIS FOOTBALL CAREER
WITH THE DOLPHINS IN JEOPARDY,
THE MUSCLED TEDDY BEAR LOOKED
THRILLED TO HAVE A SLICK BRAND
NEW FERRARI DELIVERED TO HIS FT.
LAUDERDALE HOME WHILE INSIDE THE
TRAINING FACILITY, HIS TEAMMATES
AND COACHES FACED A BARRAGE OF
QUESTIONS OVER ALLEGATIONS OF
BULLYING.
THE HEAD COACH JOE PHILBIN
REFUSED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
ABOUT NEWS REPORTS SAYING
INCOGNITO WAS TOLD TO TOUGHEN UP
JONATHAN MARTIN.
>> THE TYPE OF CULTURE I'VE
CHAMPIONED SINCE THE DAY WALKED
THROUGH THE DOORS HAS BEEN ONE
OF HONESTY, RESPECT, AND
ACCOUNTABILITY TO ONE ANOTHER.
>> Reporter: THE NATIONAL
FOOTBALL LEAGUE IS INVESTIGATING
INCOGNITO'S REPORTED INFANT
LACED SLURS, ALLEGEDLY LEFT FOR
TEAMMATE JONATHAN MARTIN.
HEY, WHAT'S UP, YOU HALF N WORD
PIECE OF BLANK.
YOU'RE STILL A ROOKIE.
INCOGNITO HAS BEEN SUSPENDED
FROM THE TEAM INDEFINITELY AND
ISN'T TALKING ABOUT THE SCANDAL.
>> I'M JUST TRYING TO WEATHER
THE STORM RIGHT NOW.
THIS WILL PASS.
>> Reporter: MARTIN LEFT THE
TEAM LAST WEEK AND HASN'T
COMMENTED PUBLICLY EITHER ABOUT
WHAT SOME DESCRIBE AS HAZING
GONE TOO FAR.
OTHERS SAY IT IS INEXCUSABLE
BULLYING.
INSIDE THE LOCKER ROOM MANY
PLAYERS SAY THEY WERE SURPRISED
BY MARTIN'S ALLEGATIONS AND EVEN
THOUGHT INCOGNITO CONSIDERED
MARTIN HIS LITTLE BROTHER.
>> I THINK IF YOU WOULD HAVE
ASKED JOHN MARTIN A WEEK BEFORE
WHO HIS BEST FRIEND WAS, HE
WOULD HAVE SAID RICHIE
INCOGNITO.
THE FIRST GUY TO STAND UP FOR
JONATHAN, ANY KIND OF TUSSLE,
RICHIE WAS THE FIRST GUY THERE.
WHEN THEY WANTED TO HANG OUT
OUTSIDE OF FOOTBALL, WHO WAS
TOGETHER?
RICHIE AND JONATHAN.
I CAN'T.
I'M NOT IN THOSE GUYS' SHOES.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON.
THIS IS VIDEO OF INCOGNITO
ERUPTING IN A BIZARRE RAGE IN A
SOUTH FLORIDA BAR EARLIER THIS
YEAR.
HE HAS A CHECKERED REPUTATION.
HE WAS RELEASE BID THE ST. LOUIS
RAMS FOR ARGUING WITH THE TEAM'S
HEAD COACH.
AND IN A POLL OF NFL PLAYERS BY
THE SPORTING NEWS MAGAZINE, HE
WAS ONCE VOTED THE DIRTIEST
PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE.
ON THE DOLPHINS' TEAM, SEVERAL
PLAYERS SEEMED FRUSTRATED WITH
JONATHAN MARTIN.
>> OFF THE FIELD, THOSE TWO GUYS
WERE THICK AS THIEVES.
THAT THEY WENT OUT TOGETHER AND
HUNG OUT TOGETHER.
THEY DID A LOT OF STUFF
TOGETHER.
SO WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE WAY
THEY WERE TREATING THEM, HE HAD
A FUNNY WAY OF SHOWING IT.
>> THAT WAS THE THEME WE HEARD
REPEATEDLY.
WITHOUT REALLY COMING OUT AND