Here's the problem-
You can't unhear the allegation.
If you walk in a crowded room and I yell to you "hey, are you still beating your wife?" It doesn't matter if it's untrue, people are going to wonder and some will outright believe that you beat your wife.
The source is relevant. In this case, its a longtime assistant. Pretty credible.
This is an nfl team. Lots of black players.
This is real bad PR for gayle imo. Forget the legal side. It's just real bad PR.
And that's not particularly good for our saints.