Filmmaker explains decision to release Saints audio
Documentary filmmaker Sean Pamphilon has written a statement on his blog explaining his decision to release audio of defensive coordinator Gregg Williams exhorting his Saints defenders to injure specific San Francisco 49ers in a playoff game last season.
Pamphilon, who was working on a documentary about Steve Gleason, the former Saints special-teams star suffering from ALS, said the truth needed to be told.
"If this story hadn't broken and been made public, I would not have shared this it (sic)," his blog reads. "I would not have compromised my personal relationships and risked damaging Steve Gleason's relationship with the Saints. I would have crafted these words and sentiments for another forum, perhaps years down the road.
"If it weren't for the fact I feel deeply that parents of children playing football MUST pay attention to the influence of men who will sacrifice their kids for W's, I would not have written this."
Pamphilon wrote that he would not have "written these truths" if Saints linebacker Scott Fujita had not been "publicly attached to this scandal" and had his reputation besmirched.
"Some will call me releasing this audio for fame or money grab," Pamphilon wrote. "True haters will call it exploitation. People of character and conscience call it was (sic) it is: tru."
Pamphilon released the full 12-minute audio clip of Williams' speech on his website (www.theusof.com) and alleges Williams delivered the speech at the team hotel near the San Francisco airport the night before their divisional playoff game in January.
