A former Jets vice president filed a lawsuit against the team this week, claiming she was wrongly fired in retaliation this summer as the organization dealt with allegations of sexual harassment against team president Hymie Elhai.

But the Jets are sharply denying those claims, alleging the former executive was involved in a conspiracy, along with her husband – a former team employee who was also fired – to ruin the reputation of Elhai and force him out of the job.

The team says it plans to file countersuits against both former employees – and others – for defamation and libel, alleging an extensive investigation not only cleared Elhai, but revealed the allegations had been fabricated.

“The allegations of harassment were not only baseless,” the Jets said in a statement, “but the email at

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