one-game suspension instead of the league-mandated six-game suspension. The suspension was reduced by more than 83 percent because of mitigating circumstances that the league and Friel have never revealed. Coverage of the case noted that Friel was reported to be a Giants fan. In her role as the NFL's special counsel for investigations she also oversaw the domestic violence investigation of Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott. In a lawsuit filed by the NFLPA, Friel is accused of withholding "critical information which would completely exonerate Elliott" in allegations of domestic violence. Friel reportedly barred lead investigator Kia Roberts, who recommended no suspension for Elliott, from attending a meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell where Friel recommended a six-game suspension for Elliott to Goodell and other NFL executives. 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. Personal life Friel grew up in Haworth, New Jersey as the oldest of three daughters. Her father was a garment manufacturer and her mother was a homemaker. Friel graduated from Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest. While attending Dartmouth, she played on the women's tennis and basketball teams. She coached the junior varsity women's basketball team, and assisted Chris Wielgus in coaching the varsity team during her senior year after undergoing surgery on both knees. She continued to coach at Dartmouth for a year after graduation while she was applying to law school. Friel was married to her first husband while attending University of Virginia School of Law, but the couple divorced six years later. Friel resides in Brooklyn, New York with her three children. Her husband, James Friel died in 2002 in of bacterial meningitis. The couple were married in 1989. References American prosecutors Living people Dartmouth College alumni Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest alumni People from Haworth, New Jersey University of Virginia School of Law alumni New York (state) lawyers Year of birth missing (living people)