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In the wake of a secks scandal that tarnished Brett Favre's storied
20-year NFL career and cost him a a $50,000 fine, two more women have
come forward, filing a secksual harassment suit against the star
quarterback.

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Christina Scavo and Shannon O'Toole, both former massage therapists for
the New York Jets, filed suit against Favre, the New York Jets and Lisa
Ripi, a woman who hires massage therapists for the team, in the Supreme
Court of the State of New York today.


Calls to the New York Jets about the lawsuit were not immediately returned.


Watch "Good Morning America" Tuesday at 7 a.m. ET for more.


In the suit, Scavo alleges that Favre sent text messages to another
unidentified massage therapist, asking Scavo and the unidentified woman
to "get together" with Favre.


Scavo said that in 2008 while Favre was with the New York Jets, he
treated her like a "hanging slab of meat." In the suit she claims he
wanted a three-way with her and another therapist.


Favre allegedly texted the unidentified therapist, writing, "Brett
here, you and Crissy want to get together, I'm all alone," according to
the lawsuit.


Favre allegedly sent another text message reading, "Kinda lonely tonight, I guess I have bad intentions."


Scavo claimed that after she refused Favre's advances and had her
husband, Joseph Scavo, call Favre to demand an apology, both Scavo and
the other plaintiff, Shannon O'Toole, were never offered work with the
Jets again.


Scavo's husband said he confronted the quarterback to stop soliciting
his wife and asked for an apology, but Favre "responded in an
inappropriate manner and refused," according to the lawsuit.


Joseph Scavo claimed that his wife then came under fire from her boss,
Lisa Ripi, a defendant in the lawsuit. The suit alleges that Ripi wrote
"for sure feel horrible that u had to go thru that [with] a
pervert...however I truly wish you would've come forward at the time it
happened."


Ripi goes on to say, "I've been up there 13 years without anything that
happened to me on tmz...cause it was handled internally the way it
should be," according to the lawsuit.


Elizabeth Eilender, the attorney for Scavo and O'Toole, said that her
clients did not want to file a lawsuit, but when the Jets refused to
give them back their jobs, they had no choice.


The women describe the Jets' locker room and training camp in the
lawsuit as "a hot bed of secksual harassment, secksism and
inappropriate behavior."


They describe the majority of the team's massage therapists as young women.


"I suspect that this case is only the tip of the iceberg with respect
to the harassment and discrimination experienced by women working for
NFL teams and their players as well as all of men's professional
sports. I hope that Ms. Scavo's and Ms. O'Toole's courage to bring this
suit will empower other women to come forward without fear of
retaliation and retribution in order to protect their livelihoods and
self-respect," Eilender said in a statement to ABC News.


Favre Didn't Cooperate With NFL Investigators


Favre was under investigation by the NFL from October of 2010 until
late December of last year after the website Deadspin first posted
voicemails allegedly from Favre to Jenn Sterger, a former game day
reporter for the New York Jets. The voicemails and pictures were
allegedly sent to Sterger in 2008 when both were working for the Jets.


In the voicemails, Favre is heard inviting Sterger to his hotel. Favre
has admitted to leaving the voicemails but not to sending inappropriate
pictures of himself.


The NFL concluded its investigation Dec. 29, 2010 by fining Favre
$50,000. The fine drew the ire of some critics who said the punishment
wasn't harsh enough. Favre reportedly makes $50,000 in just five
minutes of game time. His base salary is $11.6 million.


The league said that Commissioner Roger Goodell "could not conclude"
that Favre violated the NFL's personal conduct policy given the
evidence available to him.


Officials from the league said that forensic evidence gathered during
the nearly three-month investigation did not est@blish that Favre sent
the objectionable photographs to Sterger.


"This has been a messy story from the get-go ... and it's a messy
ending to the story. I don't know if anybody is happy with it except
maybe Brett Favre, who has gotten away ... with a slap on the wrist,"
ABC News sports contributor Christine Brennan said on "Good Morning
America" when the fine was announced.


The fine was intended to reprimand Favre for not being "candid in
several respects during the investigation, resulting in a longer review
and additional negative public attention," the league said.


"Brett Favre not cooperating, that's significant, that's not just a
little laugh-it-off kind of thing," Brennan said. "Why didn't Roger
Goodell, who is a get-tough commissioner, why didn't he suspend Brett
Favre for the presumably final game of his career [and] send a big
statement to NFL players that this is unacceptable?"


The NFL said it had reviewed media reports that Favre had made passes
at two massage therapists who worked for the New York Jets, but that
"people with relevant information" refused to be interviewed. It
appears those people have now come forward with the lawsuit.


The Jets as a team have also been in hot water for allegedly cat
calling Ines Sainz, a Mexican sideline reporter for TV Azteca, in
September of 2010.


Sainz called the Jets' locker room an "uncomfortable" environment for a woman.


Meanwhile, Favre, who played his last game with the Minnesota Vikings
on Sunday, said that he is retiring from the field for good. He's
retired twice before but then come back to the game.