INDIANAPOLIS – A former Indianapolis Colts cheerleader has sued the team, saying she was wrongly fired over photos she posed in for Playboy.
In district court papers filed this week, Malori Wampler said the team terminated her for ********* the squad's morals clause last November after someone sent the team the photos showing her in body paint.
Wampler said she has attended a party at the Playboy Mansion, helped host Playboy's golf outings and taken photos for the company's publications, though she says she never posed nude. The 26-year-old Wampler claims the photos in question were taken before she was hired, were not published, her name wasn't affiliated with them and she wasn't compensated.
Wampler's attorney, Kimberly Jeselskis, said the firing was a surprise.
"Prior to the time she was hired, she was forthcoming to the Colts about her affiliation with Playboy," Jeselskis said Wednesday. "They said that wasn't an issue, that wasn't something they were concerned with, so they hired her to be a cheerleader. She's had no further affiliation with Playboy since before she started cheering."
