The Jets have responded to a hand grenade with a nuclear warhead.

Sued by former V.P. of finance Elaine Chen for wrongful termination of her employment, the Jets have promptly filed a counterclaim against Chen, raising six different legal theories against her.

Via Brian Costello of the New York Post , the Jets accuse Chen of participating in an “ unlawful conspiracy ” with her husband Larry Fitzpatrick (the team’s former V.P. of ticket sales) and other former Jets employees. The countersuit alleges that Chen defamed team president Hymie Elhai by calling him a “sexual predator” in her civil complaint against the team (there’s very broad immunity for statements in court documents, by the way), and for repeating allegedly unfounded accusations of sexual harassment made against Elhai.

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