San Francisco Chronicle, 11-2-09
Two women said Raiders coach Tom Cable assaulted them multiple times in previous relationships, and Cable conceded he once hit a woman more than 20 years ago.
An ex-wife and ex-girlfriend made their abuse claims to ESPN's "Outside the Lines," which aired Sunday before the Raiders played the Chargers.
The allegations come 10 days after the Napa district attorney's office decided not to charge Cable with assaulting assistant Randy Hanson, who told police that Cable broke his jaw in an August training-camp altercation.
Sandy Cable said her first husband hit her in the jaw in 1988. She obtained a restraining order and filed for divorce, according to the ESPN report.
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(Raiders) plans to 'evaluate' Cable case
San Francisco Chronicle, 11-3-09
The Raiders will undertake a "serious evaluation" of recent claims that head coach Tom Cable assaulted women during past relationships, the team announced Monday.
Cable admitted to once slapping his first wife more than 20 years ago, when he was a college assistant, but denies he assaulted an ex-girlfriend in January. Both women made their allegations public in Sunday's episode of "Outside the Lines" on ESPN.
The Raiders said that, in conjunction with the NFL offices, they will look into the allegations and take Cable's partial admission into consideration before deciding what their next step might be.
"We wish to be clear that we do not in any way condone or accept actions such as those alleged," the statement said.
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