Friel appeared in court in the case against former IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, although she was not a member of the investigating team.
[1] Friel also worked for T&M Protection Resources, a corporate security firm, as vice president of a division that investigated and consulted on sexual misconduct cases.
[5] Friel's position was created following the NFL's mishandling of a case of assault by Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice.
Following the case, Friel worked with the NFL in an advisory capacity to develop training, improve the league's personal conduct policy, and establish a baseline suspension period for specific violations including domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse.
In a lawsuit filed by the NFLPA, Friel is accused of withholding "critical information which would completely exonerate Elliott" in allegations of domestic violence.
[11] Friel was also accused of withholding evidence when she was implicated for prosecutorial misconduct in the alleged rape case of former New York police officers Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata.
Friel was married to her first husband while attending University of Virginia School of Law, but the couple divorced six years later.